Two Days On The Mekong River

When we decided to go to Thailand, we had quite a few ways of getting there. The fastest was flying from Luang Prabang, Laos on a one hour flight for a whopping $150 per person. The second was to take another (probably) horrible bus through the mountains to Vientiane, then from there to Bangkok, then all the way back up Thailand to Chiang Mai which was our destination. The third option was to hire a slow boat which would take two full days on the Mekong river which is one of the biggest in Asia. It spans nearly 3000 miles long from southern China all the way past Cambodia and Thailand.

Abe SniderMay 5, 2014adventure, laos, thailand, travel, mekong, boats, hilltribe, temple, memories, sunsetComment

Vientiane & Luang Prabang - Lao

When we decided to leave Cambodia, the gentleman we bought a ticket from in Siem Reap said it would only take 24 hours on a bus to get to Vientiane, Lao. (Laos if your from the western world) The distance we traveled was about 1000km by minivan, VIP bus, and tuk tuk. In the end it took nearly 55 hours to get to our destination. In between Siem Reap and Lao we had a very unpleasant ride with 19 other tourists (and our luggage) plus the drivers family crammed into an old Mercedes 12 seater van. It was horribly awesome.

Ancient Angkor Wat In Black & White

I'll leave the images to do the speaking for themselves. These were all taken in a day at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I'll post some color ones later, but I felt due to the age of these temples B&W showed more of a moodier feel than color. I hope you enjoy as much as I did taking them.

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