Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang — Fly in an Hour, Take the Two-Day Slow Boat from Huay Xai, or Cross at Chiang Khong and Ride the Laos Railway
Three very different ways into northern Laos. The short flight, the famous two-day Mekong slow boat with a night in Pakbeng, and the newer bus-plus-train route via the Laos–China railway, with the border steps at Chiang Khong.
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