Road to Thailand

At the time of writing we are now officially on the way to leave Laos. But we are doing so the Lao way: slow and relaxed! We just embarked on the slow boat up the Mekong which will take us halfway to the Thai border on the first day and to the border on the second day but most probably too late to actually cross it. So we'll spend another night on this side of the border and will then have exercised all 28 days of our Lao visa.

The landscape along the ride is again stunning and makes the time worthwhile as the boat slowly inches forward. We got baguettes, bananas, cookies and - already causing envy among our fellow travellers - a couple of Beerlao for the afternoon. We came prepared!

But did we mention that it is pretty cold here in the morning in earlier posts? Boy, it's cold here in the morning!

Edit: we are actually in Chiang Rai, Thailand right now. Findpenguins can't keep up with us!Read more