So we took a bus to chiang mai and then to chiang kong where we had 1 night hostel included in our bus ticket (650 baht) the next day we paid 40 baht to cross the Mekong river to Laos on a little ferry and got our visas in the crazy small and crowded visa building! Quite fun and a good test of patience for some fellow tourists, always a good laugh watching some people lose their face at waiting for half an hour - we are in Asia people where patience is key! :) next we caught a slow boat for 950 baht (we spent 1600 baht for the total versus 1700-1900 that people pay for a package in thailand so a heads up you can save some money if you do it yourself for those that might be reading this and heading to Laos!) the slowboat was 2 days with 1 night stop in pak beng (another money saver: you don't need to pre book a hotel in pak beng or even when you first get on the slow boat in huay xai where they will tell you you have to and that you will save money - its a ripoff! the hotels are so cheap and so plentiful! And all the hotel guys wait for people at the dock when you get off the boat! Our room was 150 baht for 2 people (that's $5 total!) we arrived in luong prabang and found a nice spot to stay with a family. Kaila left to Vientiane to sort out her thailand visa extension and head to ko phangan.
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