I booked space on a “luxury” slow boat trip from Houayxay, Laos to Luang Prabang, Laos with Shompoo cruises. I […]

(Another draft post) Chiang Khong is about 1 1/2 hours by car from Chiang Rai. We left Chiang Rai shortly

(Another draft post and I have fallen behind in finishing up the posts. They take me longer than they should)

(Another draft post) If you’ve read the introductory material on the Thailand page you will recall that the main purposes

(Another draft post) We had a van and driver scheduled to pick us up at 10:00 so I was free

(This post will be updated with additional details and captions when time permits). Chiang Mai is Thailand’s second largest city

I think everything went as smooth as it could and I slept more than I thought I would. I got

The part of the trip I am looking forward to the least is the flight there. At first I thought