Wednesday's Anchovies

Sa-Bai-Dee~~ Laos cuisine is quite similar to Thai food and after few days at Laos, we started to widen our scope and try on different variety of food LOL. Lets’ see what we have at Nong Khiaw! i) CT restaurant This is a place where we had our first meal at Nong Khiaw. Quite happy after we stepped into the restaurant since the ambient is quiet and with river view (with some trees blocking LOL). Free Wifi is available here which is quite important since the sim card (Bee Line) we bought from airport did not have any signal at Nong Khiaw @.@ Green curry chicken, papaya salad (super spicy!!!) and chicken in tomato sauce and cashew nuts as our meal! Total expenses: 90,000 kip. ii) Sangdao Chittavong Guest House Dinner we decided to stay at our guest house’s restaurant and have some clear noodles soup and pineapple fried rice :) Total expenses: 35,000 kip. iii) Alex Restaurant We walked around the town looking for restaurant to have o...

There are quite a number of budget guest house around Nong Khiaw. In less than RM100, you can easily find a private room with attached bathroom. Instead of private room, “bungalow” is the more common word being used here. We didn’t book any accommodation prior to arrival, since it was a last minute decision. From Nong Khiaw bus station, we hopped onto a tuk-tuk and simply named one guest house listed in Lonely Planet to the driver. There are 2 other passengers on the tuk-tuk and they got down at Chittavong , which is next to the main bridge. The guest house that we initially wanted to go is after the bridge. We decided to get down together with that 2 passengers and see whether Chittavong still have room available or not. The main bridge. Ended up this was one of the best decision we made throughout the trip :P There is “bungalow” available here and we got a private “house” by ourselves which costs us 50,000 kip per night! It was such a good deal! The room ...

Nong Khiaw, a small town 3.5 hours from Luang Prabang. How to go to Nong Khiaw : From Luang Prabang, go to Northen Bus Station and take minivan to Nong Khiaw. Northen bus station. Generally, the minivan is quite comfortable, free seating and not so crowded since big size luggage would be placed on top of the van. Tips: 1 Ticket is based on first come first serve basis, so it is better to be there earlier to buy the ticket. 2 Since the journey needs few hours, bring along water and some snack in the van. Upon arrival at Nong Khiaw bus station, tuk tuk service is available there so not need to worry about how to get to you hotel. If not, you can always choose to walk since it is a small town :) Tips: 1 There are quite a number of budget guest house here, you can get a whole unit by yourself in less than RM60! 2 The internet plan we signed up at Luang Prabang Airport, Beeline cannot work well at Nong Khiaw, no signal at all ...