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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners).
I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. -- Take risks not to escape life, but to keep life from escaping! |
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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
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Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners). I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. -- Take risks not to escape life, but to keep life from escaping! Hi Lucas! Possible, though very expensiv. From Luang Pranbang to Vientiane approx. 250 USD. Some parts only possible in rainy season. At the falls in the south you obviously have to go by land. The French already figured that out. Takes really long time as well. Because there is no passenger boots anymore, because of National Road 13 being very good these days and the bus is much, much faster and much (add some more "much" here) cheaper. So you have to wait sometimes for a weak or so to catch the next boot. In Cambodia boot transport is also very expensiv. The normal "tourist rip off" prices. But might be the better choice than bus. From Phnom Penh to Siam Riep you can't go on the Mekong for obvious reasons. It is the Tonle Sap ;-) Anyway, is this is your dream you should do it. I have covered most parts of that trip, not on one "Lao visa" though. It is great. Would be nice to here more. Eric |
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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
Eric wrote in message ...
lucas wrote: Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners). I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. -- Take risks not to escape life, but to keep life from escaping! Hi Lucas! Possible, though very expensiv. From Luang Pranbang to Vientiane approx. 250 USD. Some parts only possible in rainy season. At the falls in the south you obviously have to go by land. The French already figured that out. Takes really long time as well. Because there is no passenger boots anymore, because of National Road 13 being very good these days and the bus is much, much faster and much (add some more "much" here) cheaper. So you have to wait sometimes for a weak or so to catch the next boot. In Cambodia boot transport is also very expensiv. The normal "tourist rip off" prices. But might be the better choice than bus. From Phnom Penh to Siam Riep you can't go on the Mekong for obvious reasons. It is the Tonle Sap ;-) Anyway, is this is your dream you should do it. I have covered most parts of that trip, not on one "Lao visa" though. It is great. Would be nice to here more. Eric I've been wondering about travelling down the Mekong from Yunnan to Cambodia. Do you know anything about travel on the upper Mekong above Luang Prabang? |
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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
Hey Lucas. Everything you want to know about the trip is on
http://rectravel.com/tnx Readers are looking forward to your updates about this trip. Enjoy! "lucas" wrote in message ... Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners). I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. |
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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
Thanks for the links, they came in just in time. I lost my links since I
upgraded my PC to a bigger system. Ramboi "George Moore" wrote in message m... Hey Lucas. Everything you want to know about the trip is on http://rectravel.com/tnx Readers are looking forward to your updates about this trip. Enjoy! "lucas" wrote in message ... Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners). I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. |
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Travel down the Mekong - Laos to Cambodia.
A BBC report about the new road between China and Laos is on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ts/3304723.stm Other links about this trip are on http://rectravel.com/din "Ramboi" wrote in message news:fWqDb.58687$8y1.231664@attbi_s52... Thanks for the links, they came in just in time. I lost my links since I upgraded my PC to a bigger system. Ramboi "George Moore" wrote in message m... Hey Lucas. Everything you want to know about the trip is on http://rectravel.com/tnx Readers are looking forward to your updates about this trip. Enjoy! "lucas" wrote in message ... Anyone here know if this is possible (for westerners). I have been to both Laos and Cambodia and am fantasising about travelling right down the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. |
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