Left Chang Mai by bus to the border town where we stayed one night, then in the morning, we got a little boat across the Mekong, which is the border up here in the north.
After a couple of hours wait, we got on the slowboat which will take us to Luang Prabang, stopping tonight in Pak Bang. It was a nice journey. 9 hours, good company but blimin' freezing!
Incidentally, whilst we were waiting to get on the slowboat, the organiser made a big speech about how long the journey was, how terrible Pak Bang was, how everyone here would try to rob us etc and how miraculously, the road to Luang Prabang was now great and the bus would get us there in 6 hours if we wanted to pay an extra 800Bhat! David and I imediately decided he was pulling a fast one and passed on that but a whole minibus load fell for it and paid up. We later met some of these guys in Luang Prabang and they told us that the journey took 12 hours over potholed terrible roads that made everyone sick and they arrived in Luang Prabang at midnight! Don't fall for it - the boat trip was fine!
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