It’s a town where rural southeast Asia meets a semi-urban atmosphere and is enveloped with a calm multicultural ambiance. 

For Laos, the Mekong River is a lifeline. It’s a sacred waterway and industrial artery, supplying water for villages and towns, carrying passengers and cargo, and watering rice paddies and irrigating corn fields.

The Kingdom of Thailand simply radiates beauty. In addition to the scenery, the people are incredibly friendly and welcoming, the food is notoriously amazing, and in general, it’s an inexpensive country to visit.