The Slow Boat. The slow boat to Luang Prabang was one of our favourite long journeys of our travels. Tuk-tuk into Luang Prabang.
There is something to be said for having time lots of time to think about what youve seen in previous cities and where you are embarking to. What does slow boat to China expression mean. In the essay composed for the Resilients Handbook CoC was partially part of Resilients I tried to talk about the amount of energy as in time material mental and emotional effort etc that can be put into something for it to be worthwhile.
To get in to Laos I took a bus from Chiang Mai to the border towns of Chiang KhongHuang Xai and from there took the slow boat downriver to the amazing town of Luang Prabang.
Boats leave Manaus for Santarém every day but only one boat a week leaves Santarém for Belém and that boat starts in Manaus. Nowadays if its known at all it usually means theres no rush you can take a slow boat to China but the basic idea is still there. The Slow Boat Series and the 30 Rivers Project complement each other and are both about paddling my canoe down various water bodies. What happens when the weakest link in the chain is you.