Nong Khieu

We'd heard that taking a slow boat up the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang to a small town called Nong Khieu was a great way to admire the scenery. So that's what we did.

 The scenery along the way was certainly spectacular.

 Locals panning for gold (I think) along the riverbed.

 A stranded cargo boat. It was the dry season when we took the boat to Nong Khieu so the water level was really low. Even in our small, shallow boats we got stranded on the rocks a couple of times.

The town of Nong Khieu.