Not sure if it still is the only place between Luang Prabang & Pak Beng that has a boat landing with concrete stairs:
About 5 hours upriver from Luang Prabang, this is where locals (including 7 consultants, plus various relatives & village-mates of theirs whom the cat has encountered over the years) get off to access the eastern part of Nga district by foot/tractor. It is far easier for them to travel from this road-less part of the province to Luang Prabang than to the district capital of Muang Nga or the province capital of Oudomxay town. Months earlier, two Kiwis had built a school for this village - find out more about them here.
Half of our annual budget is funded by selling Lao coffee. Everybody wins:
the farmer, the coffee lover and, most importantly, the villagers who have
their land cleared of UXO.
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As our supporters savor a steaming cup of coffee they can take both pride
and comfort from the knowledge that their purchase of Lao Mountain Coffee
pays th...
3 years ago
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