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Pro
nice people, typical Lao town
Con
no electricity after 22.30
In a nutshell
Definitely off the beaten track
Dokkham Guesthouse: Cheap rooms
lotharscheer Says: Simple 2 bed room, mosquitonet, shared bathroom after some bargaining 25000 Kip
Private Huts everywhere: Just one night
deeper_blue Says: Everyone coming this way is on the slow boat to/from Luang Prabang, so they only stay one night, and there are lots of options in various small huts, standards vary but it's very cheap, usually around $4 if sharing.
Duang Pa Sert guesthouse.: Adequate for one night.
planxty Says: The vast majority of people coming to Pakbeng will stay one night before continuing their journeys on the slow boat either North to Huay Xai and Thailand or South to Luang Prabang, as I was. I had picked up a bug somewhere and just wanted to lie down so I grabbed the first...
Vastana Guest House: it was alright
Kanjoo Says: It was good (according to price) 4 rooms guest house + groceries shop + resturant... for the ground floor where i stayed there was one toilet cum shower for 2 rooms.. I was told an other fellow traveler who had been by the slow boat to Luang Prabang in 2006 by the same slow...
Phet Sokxai: New teakwooden place overlooking the Mekong
li-anne Says: We stayed one night in this brand new hotel called Phet Sokxai. It's a little bit uphill from the boatlanding, and it's overlooking the Mekong.Rooms are small but clean and comfortable. They have their own bathroom.Electricity is available until 22.30 at night. The the local...
Monsavan Guesthouse: How to be first
chrisvandenbroucke Says: Approximately 60 or people backpackers arrive with the slow boat in Pakbeng at the same time.The town is too small to have many good guesthouses, so this is what you'd better do.The minute I could get off the boat, I headed for the mainstreet (can't miss it - there's only...
Monsavan Guesthouse: No rats !!! Important !!!
chrisvandenbroucke Says: Many travellers complained the enxt morning of having had rats in their room and not having any sleep at all.We had a very good night at Monsavan GH.It was a very clean, bamboo room with fan and mosquitonet (not holding any rats, I suppose).The toilets are across the street...
buffymaus Says: We first went to another GH which was on the main street. All the better accomodations were already booked out before we even arrived, and some other GH along the main street are really in a bad shape. My advice would be when you arrive take the road which turns left (not...
Hassan: Indian in small town Laos
deeper_blue Says: There's an Indian restaurant in Pakbeng along the main street, nice food at a decent price, remember that lights out is at 10pm!
Nan Pinh Restaurant: Pakbeng, dinner with drinks
chrisvandenbroucke Says: The simple menus were all between 8000 and 15000 Kip.I don't remember what exactly we ate but it was good,more than enough and the service was friendly.Our first LaoBeer tasted quite nice and was followed by some more.Previously called Dokket Restaurant
deeper_blue Says: Pakbeng is on the Mekong river and every day tourists arrive from Luang Prabang or Thailand on the slow boat. When you arrive you climb the steps with your bag or you can get the locals to do it for at a price.
chrisvandenbroucke Says: The slow boat leaves HouayXai around 10.30 AM and takes you in some 7 hours to Pakbeng.I expected a highlight of my Laos visit but was extremely disappointed. The boat was too crowded with foreigners, we didn't have any legspace on the hard wooden benches.We didn't stop once...
deeper_blue Says: My first day on the boat was a really cool experience, on a spacious boat with comfortable seats. However after one night in Pakbeng, the three boats we arrived on became two! The boatmen decided that they would send the best boat back to Huay Xai and squeeze everyone onto...
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There's an Indian restaurant in Pakbeng along the main street, nice food at a decent price, remember that lights out is at 10pm!
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We arrived in Pak Beng by slowboat, as all travellers. And just because you can't make the trip to Luang Prabang in one day we had to stay here. I was a little bit afraid because of all the stories of...
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Pakbeng is a rustic town-village on the way from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang. It is a sweet little market town with mostly wooden houses along a steep hillside. We arrived in the town late so that we......
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In truth I can tell you very little about Pakbeng. I spent a night here seven years ago, and another a few weeks ago. On the latter occasion, I spent the entire time in bed suffering a minor illness....
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This village has been built up in hurry for tourism, but it is actualy quite nice. Food seems to be quite similar in most places, except a somewhat strange looking Indian place.
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