03/06/13
The boat was scheduled to leave at 09.30 so I decided to head down there early at 08.30 but when I got there the boat was nearly 3/4 full. Dave came down about 15 minutes later and he was one of the last to get on. The journey was similar to yesterday but a bit longer and with no cards, although just looking out of the window made up for it, the scenery was stunning, miles and miles of hills covered in dense jungle, we would go ages without seeing any evidence of humans. After about 8 we arrived at the Luang Prabang ferry pier, for some reason (probably money) it was situated 15km out of town. As they were charging $2/3 per person some lads decided to walk (I doubt they walked the whole way). 12 of us shared 2 tuktuks, most of the other people Dave had befriended on the boat, and then we tried to get rooms together at the same hostel, unsurprisingly the first couple of places didn't have enough space, we did find a place that could put us all up for a couple of nights so we accepted and even managed to knock the price of the rooms down, only after much negotiation though, things really are cheaper by the dozen. We went out and found a street vendor selling a buffet style meal, all you can fit on your plate for 10,000 Kip (less than £1/$1.5). We went to a bar called Utopia afterwards but like all bars in Laos they shut before midnight, only the bowling alley stays open, some of the group (not me) went there afterwards.
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