Sunset seen from Don Det.

Taken on: 8th September, 2012. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See Chris.E's page of Flickr

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Referred to by some as Khao San Road on the river, if nothing else the scenery here is far better than at KSR. Now well-established on the traveller trail through Laos, the number of rooms on Don Dhet continues to climb steadily. The scenery is indeed very...well...scenic, and the ambience of the place very relaxed, but Laos this is not.

If you're on the way here expecting to experience the local culture, prepare to be very, very disappointed. If on the other hand, all you want to do is relax in a hammock for a week (or a month) meet and talk to travellers and eat traveller food with yet more travellers, then you're in the right place.

Certainly a beautiful area, daily sunsets and sunrises are equally stunning, there's a wealth of activities -- waterfalls, boat trips, cycling trips, hiking, camping and extended hammock laying -- with which you can busy yourself with for days or weeks.

You can easily visit nearby Don Khon by crossing the French Bridge, where there are ... Read our complete Don Dhet travel guide

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