4 Things Your Mom Should Have Taught You About Laos Tourism

But unfortunately, it now lacks a strong campaign behind to promote Laos differently from other countries".

Simply Beautiful- I love that slogan because this sounds so true. He came to the temple as a novice eight years ago at the age of 12 and is now a fully-fledged monk. In Wat Chom Si, sitting atop a steep hill overlooking Luang Prabang, I meet Khen working on the statues of Buddha the monks here make for other temples in the region.

Tourism programs are especially designed to support community and environmental projects, to build local skills, and to distribute opportunities fairly. Tourism services and activities are planned and managed by local people, working together in a CBT Group? During this time, the entire sky turns pink while fishermen bring back their boat on the shore.

All the children, shy at first, and driving bicycles far to big for them, start playing and laughing around us and finally with us! Soon enough all the village knows there are two strange « falangs » camping at the temple. We have the most stunning view on the Mekong river and the setting sun.

This is the best place to camp ever. In the evening we ask monks if we can set the tent in the garden surrounding their beautiful temple. A few others, like us, hire a scooter for a very expensive price to be able to visit both waterfalls in one day.

The most courageous hire a bicycle. Tuk-tuks offer you rides all day long. Respectively 30 and 15 kms away from Luang Prabang, these waterfalls are THE places not to be missed when you visit the area.

For now, let's stick to our subject! And which includes quite a few beerlaos we're afraid…). We will meet again later but this is a whole other story (and long!

On the shore before to get to Luang Prabang, we lost Paul somewhere. The boat seems to get ashore all of a sudden, around 4 in the afternoon. We have no time to get bored during that day, believe us!

The second day of sailing is a bit better and we really enjoy the scenery, but in the same time we have to deal with a still-drunk polish guy who is getting completely wild! He conceded the current need for multiple visas was impeding cross-border tourism in the region. Providing better access at the border will bring more opportunities to increase tourist arrivals and increase trade as the process to come into Cambodia will be easier and faster than before," he said.

Kung said he expected news of the improved checkpoint would encourage more people to cross the border and increase the flow of business people and passengers. Men Kung, spokesman for Stung Treng's provincial government, said the border-gate improvements would serve to benefit not just the province but the whole of Cambodia and should also facilitate trade with other ASEAN countries. He also offered to grant landlocked Laos Tourism Information access to Cambodia's ports along the Mekong as well as its deep-sea port in Sihanoukville.