Caught the slow boat from there to Pak Beng
Sunrise over the river at PakBeng...
The got the slow boat early the next morning to Tha Suang (a small village down stream) 
then into a pickup for a trip to Hong Sa...
The next day was to Sayabuli over many many mountains.
There was an elephant festival here...
Fairly interesting.. they showed us different ways the elephants are used for logging...
Very strong.They also had some parachuters jumping from a helicopter...
I stayed in a bungalow at a Karaoke Bar...
Lots of people here having fun...
