Travelling by Slow boat 🛶🐢

Yesterday and today were two travel days on the slow boat on the Mekong river from Huayxai to Luang Prabang with an overnight stay in Pakbeng. 🛶
I didn't expect too much of the slow boat since you're stuck on the boat for around 7 hours each day. 🐢
But oh wow...it was simply amazing and I enjoyed every single minute of it! 🤩
The first day we had a rather big boat which was only half filled, so almost everyone had two seats to make it comfy and enjoy the ride and the beautiful scenery. I couldn't even read more than 5 pages of my e-book in a row as I've always been captivated by the sorrounding nature of Thailand on the one side of the river and Laos on the other one. 🧭
For the night in Pakbeng I stayed in a - let's call in very rural - room, which was ok for one night, but I was also happy that I didn't have to stay longer 😄 but hey, at least I had the best curry so far in that town, so it was worth it! 🍲

The second day we had a much smaller boat, with pretty much all the seats being occupied. At one point I realized that there was kind of a nice space in the back of the boat, so I decided to move there and enjoy the scenic panorama and the sunshine from the floor in the back, rather than sitting on my soft but shadowy place in the front of the boat. It was way louder because it's been close to the engine, but whatever - just put the earphones on and turn up the music 🎶
This second day was even more beautiful and breathtaking than the first one...I literally spent the whole ride just watching the nature around me...it was magic 🌾🌴🐂 This whole trip felt just like pure freedom and liberty - there's nowhere else I'd rather have been 🥰
Also met some nice people on the boat, who I spent the evening with at the nightmarket in Luang Prabang 🍛🍹

Soundtrack of the day: Jetzt - Irie Révoltés
https://open.spotify.com/track/0rWMRqIsSS339fik…もっと詳しく