MUANG KHUA - 25.03.2015 bis 05.04.2015

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Muang Khua is located at the confluence of the Nam Ou and Nam Phak rivers. It is also on the road, comming from the Vietnamese border, that continues into the interior of Laos.

As the country does not have a very good road network, the river transport of people and goods continues to be a relatively efficient means of transport today.

View of Muang Khua from the riberside of Nam Ou

Even this small town is in a strategic location, life in this place is very calm. We were positively surprised by this tranquility when we arrived at this town. No one was bothering us to sell us something, there were no annoying taxi drivers, no one insisting us to stay on a certain accommodation. We almost couldn't believe it. What a big change compared to the rest of the places we had visited until then! We fell in love immediately with this place.

Until now, we had always looked for accommodation over the internet before reaching a new place, or we had references from other travelers. But in the case of Muang Khua, this was not possible due to the lack of information on the internet. Therefore, when we got off the bus, one of us stayed with the backpacks, while the other went to look foraccommodation. After a while, we finally decided to stay on a guesthouse next to the place where the bus left us. The place looked very new and we felt really like at home.

Doinouboun Guest House

This is what we called the "Town center". In the background you can see our accommodation

Although the town itself had nothing spectacular to see, we finally stayed there for 10 days. It was like our "holydays" to relax and get some energy.

Here we show you some pictures about our stay in that Village:

View from the Nam Phak, with the hanging bridge in the background

Hanging bridge over the Nam Phak river

Jack fruit tree

Party procession from our balcony

Fabrics for the typical skirts

Once a week the streets are filled with people to play some kind of lottery

Finally we could see a gecko, until now we had only heard them

Waiting for lunch at our favorite restaurant

Views over the Nam Ou from the restaurant

Since we have seen that there is not much information about Laos, we have planned to make a small information box at the end of each post, with some data that may be useful for travellers.

Muang Khua
Trans­port­ation :	from: Sa Pa   to:   Muang Khua	Sleeping bus + minibus    Journey: 15 hors	430000 VND / Person   (Approx. 20€ / Pers.)
Trans­port­ation :	from: Muang Khua to:   Muang Ngoi	River boat   Journey: 5 hors	100000 Kip / Person   (Approx. 12€ / Pers.)
Accom­modation :	Doinou­boun Gest House	Cleen and new. Private bathroom and internet	80000 Kip / double room   (Approx. 10€)
Pictures : Doinouboun Guest House