The Mekong River is like the lifeblood of Laos – you will see different villages along the river belonging to different ethnic groups as well Buddhist temples and people fishing, weaving, goldmining, teak logging and whisky distilling. We caught the Luang Say Boat from LP to Huay Sai (then onto Chiang Rai) taking a leisurely 2 days visiting the Pak Ou Caves and some villages along with an overnight stop at Pak Beng.
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| Our own private boat! |
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| Pak Ou Caves |
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| Filled with hundreds of buddhas |
The cruise turned out to be an unforgettable adventure in more ways than one! Not only did we have our own private boat (we were the only guests that day!) but we also had some exciting drama!! Halfway into our first day whilst we were having lunch, the rudder on our boat snapped off so we were stranded with no way to turn. We had to be rescued by a passing boat and towed to shore. It was pretty obvious to us that our boat would not be going anywhere soon.
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| Our rescue boat |
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| The rudder completely snapped off - you can see how the screws got sheared off. |
So our guide flagged down a passing boat and we got on board with the locals to Pak Beng.
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| From just the 2 of us to 50 people - lots of fun! |
The boat was packed with all their shopping they were taking to their villages – everything from garage roller doors, motorbikes, fridge to household goods.
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| Unloading the goods at various villages along the river |
The captain even stopped by the river to buy this huge catfish that had been caught by a fisherman that morning for his dinner that night.
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