Houy Xai, Laos
So after leaving Luang Prabang I got the slow boat to Houy Xai which takes two days travelling up the Mekong. You can do it in a day by speed boat but the guidebook strongly recommends you don't and watching them zip past my boat with crash helmets on I'm glad I didn't! The boat journey takes 8 hours to the little stop over town of Pak Beng only 200 people live there and it's basically just a port. We found a room for the night for only 25,000 kip for two of us (...