This was quite an expensive leg of the trip, specially since I took the plane from Bangkok. Living expenses in Luang Prabang isn’t too expensive though.
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| Luang Prabang 2009<\/font><\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n June 8 – 11, 2009<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | Exchange Rate:<\/td>\n | US$1 = LAK 8,500<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | US$1 = Php 48<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | In THB\/LAK<\/td>\n | In PhP<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Air Transfer<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Bangkok to Luang Prabang<\/td>\n | THB 5,795.00<\/td>\n | PHP 8,118.47<\/td>\n | 1<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Bangkok Airways<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Accommodation<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Vilay Guesthouse<\/td>\n | LAK 180,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 1,016.47<\/td>\n | 2<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Double, fan, ensuite T&B<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Transportation<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Tuktuk to Vilay<\/td>\n | LAK 50,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 282.35<\/td>\n | 3<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Food<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Meals and snacks<\/td>\n | LAK 366,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 2,066.82<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Miscellaneous<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Medicine<\/td>\n | LAK 20,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 112.94<\/td>\n | 4<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Souvenirs<\/td>\n | LAK 90,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 508.24<\/td>\n | 5<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Postcard and mailing fees<\/td>\n | LAK 31,500.00<\/td>\n | PHP 177.88<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Internet<\/td>\n | LAK 33,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 186.35<\/td>\n | 6<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Laundry<\/td>\n | LAK 10,000.00<\/td>\n | PHP 56.47<\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | Total<\/font><\/td>\n | PHP 12,526.00<\/font><\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n The peso equivalent was computed by dividing the amount in Lao Kip by 8,500 (the dollar conversion rate to kip) then multiplying by 48 (dollar conversion rate to peso)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 1 This is quite an expensive flight, specially since I put off buying until I have to leave Manila. But I really wanted to fly direct to Luang Prabang, so I can just make my way down from there.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2 The price given to me was $7 per night for the room. Converted to kip, the owner priced it at 180,000 for three nights.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3 This is my only transportation expense, since I just walk around town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4 Strepsils. Can’t get enough of them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5 Souvenirs include a keychain, a packet of Lao coffee and a scarf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 6 Internet in Laos is 100 kip per minute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | This was quite an expensive leg of the trip, specially since I took the plane from Bangkok. Living expenses in Luang Prabang isn’t too expensive though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1179,41],"tags":[1188,1187],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3302,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions\/3302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justwandering.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||