Since our hotel had arranged an afternoon cruise up the river to the Pak Ou Caves, we had the morning to explore, and decided to use the bikes at the hotel to ride about 2 km. up the road to a craft village. Weather was hot, and we did work-up a sweat, but showers awaited us back at the hotel!
At about 1:30 p.m. we were picked-up at the hotel and driven down to the boat docks where a pilot took just the two of us (!) in a long boat (like the one pictured below) two hours upriver to the caves.
It was cool on the river, and the ride was nice. The caves were less-than-spectacular (compared to Batu Caves in KL), but the cost was reasonable, and the "sunset cruise" on the way back was very nice.
We actually visited two different caves -- an upper one (many stairs!) and a lower one. The upper cave was extremely dark inside and rooms were visible only with flashlights or the illumination provided by flash pictures. Allegedly,
one thousand small Buddha-statues were positioned in the various rooms in the upper cave.
Again, the "sunset cruise" was much cooler and very nice. - rw
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