The North (Luang Prabang)4 places
- Luang PrabangA serene old royal town on a finger of land between the Mekong and a tributary, full of gilded temples and…
- The Plain of JarsHundreds of huge, ancient stone jars scattered across highland meadows, carved by an unknown people for reasons no one…
- Nong Khiaw & the Nam OuA village where the Nam Ou cuts between limestone walls, three hours upriver from Luang Prabang — with a viewpoint…
- Vang ViengLimestone towers standing straight out of a river valley — and the most instructive cautionary tale in Southeast Asian…
The South (Vientiane & the 4000 Islands)1 place
- The 4000 Islands (Si Phan Don)Where the Mekong braids into a scatter of river islands just before Cambodia, a sleepy, hammock-slung backwater of rice…