First day of two days of boating along the Mekong and Nam Tha rivers in Laos It took two days of boating to reach Luang Nam Tha from the border town of Houay Xay

Taking the “ferry” from Chiang Khong (Chiang Rai), Thailand to Ban Houayxay in Northern Laos After a flight from Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chiang Mai in Thailand we took the bus to Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong to cross Mekong river, the border between Thailand and Laos.