We travelled up from Bangkok today to Chiang Khong, ready to cross over to Laos tomorrow. A slow boat will then take us on a two-day cruise downstream to Luang Prabang where we have booked in for four nights. From there we’ll fly back to Bangkok where we’ll have 10 more days before moving back to the UK and into our new home.
Subtleties, like the difference between ‘the odd days’ and ‘odd days’ must make English tricky for foreign learners, but today being 1 November and an ‘odd day’, everyone was dutifully parked on the opposite side of the road. In Thailand you drive on the left (or ‘correct’) side of the road.
The sky is much bluer here than in Bangkok as Bangkok is so polluted. The only upside of that I can think of is that we don’t bother to wear sunscreen there and never get burnt. We’ll have to watch it on the Mekong though.
We’d love to see more of Laos, but sadly we will have to move on after Luang Prabang. I think it’s good to have an excuse to come back again!
Tortoise Travel 