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(mains 15,000-35,000K; 7am-10.30pm)
This inviting, wood-beamed restaurant hidden down
a little side alley offers the chance to sample typically ethnic dishes from the Khamu, Thai
Dam and Akha tribes. If the likes of rattan shoots and banana-flower soup don't appeal,
there's also a range of stir-fries.
Boat Landing Restaurant
(meals 20,000-150,000K; 7am-8.30pm)
Offers some of the most authentic northern Lao
cuisine: from five-dish menus for two or three people to one-plate meals, the flavour com-
binations are divine. If you're baffled by the choice try snacking on a selection of
jąaou
used as dipping sauces for balls of sticky rice.
LAOTIAN
$$
Manychan Guesthouse & Restaurant
LAOTIAN, INTERNATIONAL
$
(mains 15,000-40,000K; 6.30am-10.30pm; )
An inviting all-wood interior spills out onto a
fairy-lit street terrace and keeps this place among the most popular
falang
venues in town.
Wi-fi is free and the menu covers the gamut of possibilities.
Information
The provincial tourism office has information on trips, as well as maps and excellent pho-
tocopied brochures on responsible tourism, local flora and fauna, local ethnic minorities,
customs and etiquette.
BCEL
( 8.30am-3.30pm Mon-Fri)
Changes major currencies (commission free) and travel-
lers cheques (2% commission, minimum US$3), and has a 24-hour ATM.
8am-noon & 2-5pm)
Doubles as Nam Ha Ecoguide
Provincial Tourism Office
( 086-211534;
Service.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Lao Airlines
( 086-312180;
www.laoairlines.com
)
flies to Vientiane (895,000K) daily.
BUS
There are two bus stations. The district bus station is walking distance from the traveller
strip. The main long-distance bus station is 10km south of town.
For Nong Khiaw take a Vientiane or Luang Prabang bus and change at Pak Mong.
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