Taking a boat from Chiang Saen, Thailand, to Luang Prabang, Laos, has always been a backpacker-y thing to do. Traveling slowly is the point, as is being with like-minded strangers. But if you didn’t feel like spending a few days in a floating hostel, then the slow boat down the Mekong wasn’t for you.

Taking a boat from Chiang Saen, Thailand, to Luang Prabang, Laos, has always been a backpacker-y thing to do. Traveling slowly is the point, as is being with like-minded strangers. But if you didn’t feel like spending a few days in a floating hostel, then the slow boat down the Mekong wasn’t for you.

Taking a boat from Chiang Saen, Thailand, to Luang Prabang, Laos, has always been a backpacker-y thing to do. Traveling slowly is the point, as is being with like-minded strangers. But if you didn’t feel like spending a few days in a floating hostel, then the slow boat down the Mekong wasn’t for you.