December 17th: the Pak Ou Caves, from 5 Days in Laos

(This is an excerpt from my newest book, 5 Days in Laos. More on that in a minute.)

Pak Ou caves Unnamed dirt road about 7 kilometers from route 13, northeast of Luang Prabang (GPS: 20.04867,102.21050)

Admission: 20,000 kip (add 13,000 kip for the round-trip ferry crossing to the park, 5,000 kip to park your bike, and a donation to borrow a flashlight. Suggested donation: 10,000 per torch.) Technically open 24/7, but the ferries only run during the day. The Pak Ou caves (pronounced ‘pah...