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After 2 weeks in northern Thailand, it was finally time to say goodbye to this amazing country. I joined the pre-booked stray tour at Chiang Mai and our first destination was the White Temple at Chiang Rai, interesting enough place with a gold built building next door housing just toilets! We then went onto Chang Khong, the final port of call and stayed in a guesthouse overlooking the Mekong River. In the morning we walked down to the crossing point and a long tail boat took just 40 seconds to cross te river and into Laos! After checking in through immigration we proceeded to join the coach and went onto a hill top tribe where we were greeted by calls of Sabadee (hello) from the local. Their smiling faces really bought light of day, despite the poor conditions they lived in. We went to check into our hotel at Luang Namtha and took sone bikes out to ride up a hill for some stunning views. We were greeted by yet another temple. We then ride into te local markets, to be stared at by the locals seemingly bemused at encountering foreigners. We woke up to a Laos cheese toastie and went onto another hilltop tribal village. We were again greeted with te same youthful smiles and had a look around how they lived. We then arrived at the small town of Nong Khiaw, and saw a stunning sunset. I had a walk around the local town before having a meal and playing patong with the other group members. We had to leave at 8am to catch a long tail boat the cruise the river to Luang Prabang, a 6 hour journey. It was really relaxing accompanied with some breath-taking views of the Laos landscape. We visited a buddist cave temple then went to a bear sanctuary. We went swimming in a couple of waterfalls before going to the peak point of Prabang for more stunning views. It was a Swedish girls birthday, so we went to a garden restaurant after sunset.
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Alan Kyle Thanks for the update Tom, sounds like your having a great time! ALan