{"id":1303,"date":"2018-07-21T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T09:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2018-07-21T05:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T03:43:24","slug":"hello-laos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"Hello Laos"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a 10 km ride (funny – it always seems to be a 10km ride) into Huay Xai (pronounced hew way zai) from the Friendship Bridge and I found a nice place to stay – The Little Hostel –\u00a0 with a really friendly and helpful owner, Nok Saliyavong.\u00a0 The hostel is small, as its name implies, but it has all you need for a night or two while waiting for the slow boat or preparing to do the Gibbon experience which, I believe, is fantastic.\u00a0 You stay in tree houses that you only get to by zipline!\u00a0 Nok will rent you proper shoes for the experience, arrange your tickets and even get you a sim card.\u00a0 \u00a0Here’s a picture she took of me in front of her hostel.<\/p>\n

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Little Hostel – on my way!<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a 500 km ride from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang through some seriously big mountains.\u00a0 The more delightful, and most popular, option is to take the slow boat down the Mekong River.\u00a0 This was always in my plan and what a lovely experience it is.<\/p>\n

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Jetty at Huay Xai – the green boat is the one I went on<\/p><\/div>\n

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