Salavan: Laos
Salavan is a small, laid back country town of 40000 inhabitants does not see many tourists. People are friendly. It doesn’t have any real sights to offer, and only the post office remains from the French colonial aera. The Bolaven Plateau is covered in the Champassak section. Click Here to find out about the Bolaven Plateau. The plateau is best accessed from Pakse, in Champassak province. The lack of services, travel agents, translators and qualified guides are three of Salavan’s biggest challenges, but these pale in comparison to the state of the roads. The hinterland, particularly towards the frontier with Vietnam, holds hundreds of ethnic minority villages, yet access, unless you have access to a helicopter or an invitation to a Lao government roadshow, is virtually impossible. This is our bet as one of the areas in Southeast Asia most likely to become the next Chiang Mai – given a decade or two.
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Sekong: Laos
Sekong Province is best known for the Bolaven Plateau, which also extends into Attapeu, Champassak and Salavan and provinces. The Bolaven Plateau is covered in the Champassak section. Click Here to find out about the Bolaven Plateau. The plateau is best accessed from Pakse, in Champassak province.
Sekong province is rugged,wild and very scenic, but transportation is very difficult, especially by land in the rainy season.
Bolikhamxai: Laos
Bolikhamxai (or Borikhane) is a province of Laos, located in the middle of the country.
The province was formed in 1983 from parts of the Vientiane province and Khammouan. In Khamkuet district there is a karst limestone scenery, which is largest in south east Asia.
Bokeo: Laos
The northwestern Lao province of Bokeo is best known for the provincial capital of Huay Xai which forms the launching point into Laos for all arriving from northern Thailand. The three country borders intersection (Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar), known as the "Golden Triangle", is located here. Several groups of people live in the province. One of the popular business is gold panning and digging for precious stones along the rivers. Vegetables farming, cattles raising, trading goods with Thailand, Myanmar and China, as well as some tourism activities are among popular economies for the locals. okeo province has five
Houa Phan: Laos
Laos, Houa Phan - Houa Phan province is situated in the northeast of Laos and was the base of the Lao People's Revolutionary Army activities. There are over 100 caves in the Vieng Xai district of Houa Phanh many of which were used as hideouts and bunkers during the Indochina war. Lao Aviation flies daily to the capital Xam Neua from Vientiane - for flight information, please click here for Lao Aviation's flight schedule.
The most famous caves in the area are:
Tham Than Souphanouvong: formerly known as Tham Phapount. In 1964, Prince Souphanouvong set up his residence
Nakhon phanom
Best known for its panoramic views of the Mekong River and the rugged mountains of Laos, it also has religious heritage centering on the province's Phra That Phanom, the most sacred religious structure in the Northeast. Nakhon Phanom is 740 km from Bangkok, 242 km from Udon Thani and 296 km from Nong Khai. Nakhon Phanom (City of Mountains), although primarily a gateway to Laos and onwards to Vietnam, is also home to one of Isan's (and southern Laos') most important wats, Phra That Phanom in the southern town of That Phanom. The province, literally translated as “city of
