Muang Ngoy Travel Guide

This place is full of travlers and it is known as 'Paradise for Travelers' among Western travelers who travel in Asia. The place has no electricity at night, but about two guesthouses offer 24hour electricity and hot shower.You can take van from Luang Prabang(It should cost around 6,7dollar) to Nong Kiaw and from Nong Kiaw you can take a boat. It's great to walk around the village and see local people's life. Some people might not like the main part of the village coz it has been commercialized and the main road is pretty loud and noisy at night coz of travellers drinking and partying. However, if you don't like noisy places, I'm sure you'll like this place: Don't forget to check out the cave(you need to bring a flash light to enter the cave) and if you walk a couple of hours more from the cave, you'll reach a real local village.  You can sleep there one dollar for a night, they also have restaurants, their Beer Lao cost a bit more than those in big cities, but if you think of transporting, you should be glad that you can get beer at that place. Anways, I absolutely love this place!

Muang Ngoy is just the max in Laos. Small village, if you go out of the high season, you are almost alone.
The nature is gorgeous. You can do some kayak on a very big river, a bit scary, visit some caves, do some treks in the middle of nowhere.
If you want to find a place to read a book for one week without any contact from the outside world, it's the place to be.
You can only access it by boat.
The best is you sleep for 1$ a night, you can live there for one year food included for 800$.