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.
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| 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.
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| Doinouboun Guest House |
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| 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:
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| View from the Nam Phak, with the hanging bridge in the background |
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Hanging bridge over the Nam Phak river
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| Jack fruit tree |
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| Party procession from our balcony |
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| Fabrics for the typical skirts |
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| Once a week the streets are filled with people to play some kind of lottery |
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| Finally we could see a gecko, until now we had only heard them |
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| Waiting for lunch at our favorite restaurant |
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| 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.)
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| Transportation : |
from: Muang Khua
to: Muang Ngoi |
River boat
Journey: 5 hors |
100000 Kip / Person
(Approx. 12€ / Pers.)
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| Accommodation : |
Doinouboun
Gest House |
Cleen and new.
Private bathroom and internet |
80000 Kip / double room
(Approx. 10€)
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Pictures :
Doinouboun Guest House |
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