Tag: Mekong River
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Along the Mekong to Luang Prabang
Today’s forecast: 37°C, very smoky 🔥 Mosquito bite tally: 7 Saying goodbye to Pakbeng We woke up early this morning after an interesting evening, to continue onward with our slow boat cruise down the Mekong. We had breakfast at a bakery down near the docks, overlooking the river. We had been told that the elephant…
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Toward the Thailand-Laos border
Today’s forecast: 36°C, sunny with haze ⛅️ Mosquito bite tally: 5 Visiting the White Temple in Chiang Rai Today was mostly a travel day on account of us approaching our move onto the Laos portion of this trip. We packed up our bags in Chiang Mai early this morning and headed north toward Chiang Khong,…