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"Budget' trip from CNX to Luang Prabang
aside from 'forking' over a high airlines fee to get there, is there a safe
way to get to LP from northern Thailand?? I read about the crossing from Chiang Khong to Ban Houei Xai and also about the expense and danger of the "fast boats" to go to LP....any options???? joel |
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"Budget' trip from CNX to Luang Prabang
Joel Smith wrote:
aside from 'forking' over a high airlines fee to get there, is there a safe way to get to LP from northern Thailand?? I read about the crossing from Chiang Khong to Ban Houei Xai and also about the expense and danger of the "fast boats" to go to LP....any options???? joel If you are in CNX (Chiang Mai,) you can get a comfortable mini-van (I just rode in it last week,) at Namkhong Travel agency on Chaiyaphum Road in Chiang Mai, that will take you up to the river in Chiang Khong, and you can stay at their guest house until the boat departs. You can take either a 'fast boat' for 6 hours, or a slow boat for two days, getting your tickets from Namkhong Guest House there or at their Travel agency. If you are looking for a nice relaxing ride with plenty of photo ops along the way, take the slow boat. Both are as safe as anything is in this part of the world. Steve Kramer Chiang Mai, Thailand http://www.photoenvisions.com -- "The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust |
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