The view from the balcony at Pak Beng. Beautiful but good to leave
Boats moored up
This kid was sweet. This was his first taste of Candy Crush
I was hovering near the engine area to stretch my legs and this kid boards the boat through the window
This guys job was to bail water. That fan looked rather dangerous
Finally made it into Luang Prabang. Food at the night market
Crossed the border at Friendship Bridge #4 between Thailand and Laos
Then onto the slow boat
Which is partly slow cos it’s a huge boat with a small engine bit also cos it drops / collects locals en route
And finally into Pak Beng which is a bit of a hole.
The next leg was the slow boat to Laos.
Visited the White Temple en route. Needless to say it’s all white
There’s even white carp
This was macabre
The white things in this fountain are coins
Arrived at a great little hostel with a swimming pool in Chiang Khong. It seems the tours are usually run by the owners of the hostels which is why you end up there.
A quiet day planning the next stage of my trip but still managed a few more temples
Chiang Mai has a lot of temples. So I spent a day wandering around temple spotting. This is at the NE corner of the town inside the moat
The main one is Wat Chedi Luang but here are a few en route
Then finally Wat Chedi Luang. The new temple
And, for me more impressively, the old
This red vehicle is a shared taxi that drives round everywhere in Chiang Mai.
The night market
