Luxury Shompoo Mekong River Cruise from Chiang Rai Thailand to Luang Prabang Laos

Today we leave Thailand to head to a new country, Laos. We leave the Anantara and stay for one night near the border at Chiang Khong at the Teak Garden Riverfront. This is not a luxury hotel but it is close enough to the border that we can get to the Thai Immigration office at the Friendship bridge early before we cross over to Laos. We heard all of the stories about Laos and having unmarked US currency in good condition and decided to not take the risk and applied for the E Visa online. It was more expensive, we waited longer as the computers were down and you still had to pay a "processing fee" of 50 Baht each anyway. We got in the coach and boarded our boat. On the face of it you may think this is not luxury but compared to the other cruises on offer it really was. We had an excellent tour guide in Por and the Boat Family took great care of us from the time we got onboard until we left. Food was good and plentiful and they even had power available when the captain put out the solar panels. The scenery is spectacular on both days and you can easily sit there taking photos ad watching the world go by. I tried to do some Youtube video editing but I gave up as there was so much to see. At the end of Day One we stayed at Le Grand Pak Beng. Between Black Mold, Power Outages and Landslides the stay was a bit Fawlty Towers but in the end we don't have to deal with it daily, and there were no spiders in the toilet. On Day 2 we had a couple of stops at Pak Ou Caves and Lao Lao Village before we arrive into Luang Prabang. The scenery is amazing on both days. We talk about the practicalities, cost and our experience on the cruise. Shompoo Cruises    • Luxury Shompoo Mekong River Cruise from Ch...   Luang Prabang    • Luang Prabang in Laos - Staying at the Ava...   Laos China Railway    • Laos High Speed Train - Luang Prabang to V...   Vientiane    • Vientiane, Laos - Staying at Crown Plaza, ...   #shompoocruises #hueyxia #laos #laostravel #chiangrai #thailand #luangprabanglaos #mekongriver #thailandtravel #travel #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad #digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly #digitalnomadlifestyle Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Driving to the Teak Garden Riverfront Chiang Kong 01:34 Heading to the Immigration Stop 03:37 Getting onboard Shompoo Cruises 05:20 Lunch time 05:53 Stop 1 Local Village 06:52 End of Day One at Le Grand Pak Beng 08:50 Black Mold, Power Cuts and Fawlty Towers 10:50 Heading back to the Boat through a Landslide 13:17 Leaving Pak Beng 14:08 Stop 2 Introducing Belle and Cato from the Netherlands at Pak Ou Caves 15:32 Stop 3 Lao Lao Village 16:12 Review of Day 2 18:39 The practicalities of the Cruise 24:44 Our tour guide Por 25:12 We made it to the Avani Luang Prabang 25:44 Thanks for Watching   / globalnomads93   https://www.instagram.com/globalnomad... Email: [email protected]