The route between the main Laos destinations, while similarly set, can be free-styled upon a little bit. For fun, we thought we'd share with you how we got around:
> We entered Laos at the Huay Xai border with Thailand by boat (5 minutes).
> Bus from Huay Xai to Luang Nam Tha (5 hours).
> Luang Nam Tha to Nong Khiaw by bus (about 7 hours). The extra-slow paced Nong Khiaw had beautiful karst mountains, a river, a few falang outposts for eating and sleeping, lazy hammocks, a bridge, and not much else. Paradise?
> Scenic boat ride from Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang, below stunning karst mountains and past villagers fishing and children bathing (about 6.5 hours on a low, wooden bench).
> Rough and winding roads for most of a nearly 12 hour (yes, that's TWELVE HOUR!!) bus ride from Luang Prabang to Vientiane.
> Flight out of the pleasant Vientiane international airport to Hanoi (the flight was just over an hour, but take off was delayed without reason or notice for nearly an hour).
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