Discover Laos with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Rough Guides' expert authors have done all the hard work for you: seeking out the best guesthouses, sampling sizzling street food and trekking to remote hill villages, then writing it all up with our trademark blend of humour, insight and practical advice. Whether you plan to lounge on laidback islands in the Mekong river, explore ancient Khmer temples or tour the Bolaven Plateau's coffee plantations, this new edition of The Rough Guide to Laos will show you ideal places to sleep, eat, drink and shop along the way, with options to suit every budget. The Rough Guide to Laos includes stunning photography and colour-coded, easy-to-use maps, making finding your way around sleepy villages and busy cities a breeze.
- 330 pages
- English
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Publisher
Rough GuideseBook ISBN
9780241326176
Year
2017Table of contents
- Contents 3
- INTRODUCTION 4
- Where to go 6
- When to go 10
- Things not to miss 12
- Itineraries 18
- BASICS 20
- Getting there 21
- Visas and red tape 23
- Getting around 24
- Accommodation 29
- Food and drink 31
- Festivals 36
- Health 36
- The media 40
- Sports and outdoor activities 41
- Alternative therapies 43
- Culture and etiquette 44
- Crime and personal safety 45
- Shopping 47
- Travelling with children 49
- Travel essentials 49
- THE GUIDE 54
- 1 Vientiane and the northwest 54
- 2 Luang Prabang 98
- 3 The northeast 140
- 4 The far north 164
- 5 South central Laos 204
- 6 The far south 224
- CONTEXTS 264
- History 265
- Religion and belief systems 290
- Arts and temple architecture 293
- Laos’s ethnic mosaic 296
- The environment 301
- Literature and myths 306
- Books 308
- Lao 310
- Glossary 317
- SMALL PRINT & INDEX 319