This is the laos chapter from lonely planet's southeast asia on a shoestring guidebook. A land of the lotus eaters amid the bloated development of its neighbours, laos brings to gether the best of southeast asia in one bite sized destination, and appears as a favourite in many southeast asian odysseys. Experience luang prabang, the ancient city of temples that has it all royal history, indo chinese chic, colourful monks, waterfalls, stunning river views and world class french cuisine maps take a boat ride through exhilaratingly spooky tham kong lo, a 7.5km cave home to fist sized spiders and stalactite woods transport trek and zip across the forest by day at the gibbon experience in huay xai, guided by ex poachers turned forest rangers, and sleep in cosy treehouses at night restaurants accommodation coverage includes vientiane, northern laos, vang vieng, luang pra bang, nong khiaw, muang ngoi neua, phonsavan, plain of jars, sam neua, vieng xai, northwestern laos, udomxai, luang namtha, huay xai, central southern laos, tham kong lor around, tha khaek, savan nakhet, pakse, champasak, wat phu world heritage area, si phan don, don khong, don det don khon, understand laos, laos today, history, people culture, food drink, environment, survival guide.