Slow boat to Muang Ngoy

from Muang Khua, Laos
Sign with slow boat instructions. Slow boats docked along a river. A large houseboat on the Ou River. Group of people inside a slow boat. People exiting a slow boat. Riverside house. Man looking out the side of a slow boat. Trees growing along the river. Rocks with water lines on them. Trees growing on a rock wall. Misty mountain tops. Pamoramic view of the Muang Ngoy dock.

Slow boats are a staple experience in Laos. You get on a cramped, meter-wide boat and squat for the better part of the day. The thing is, it's still superior to the unpredictable bus rides through the mountains with livestock sitting next to you.

I'd always imagined it as a paddle-driven longboat, but it has a motor. These boats aren't as slow as the name implies!

The scenery was beautiful and luckily the overcast sky never let a drop fall on us. Still, we were happy to arrive in Muang Ngoy and get back on land.

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