The sails are really just for show, but it’s a damn fine show.
Spent the night on one of these, and as you might’ve seen from the previous days photos—they’re well enough appointed. We had a private bathroom with shower, but more important… there was air conditioning.
If there was any downside, it might be the buffet meals—kind of bland, but the vistas more than made up for it. We had drinks on the top as the sun went down the night before, and that made for a fine evening.
Tuckered out early and got up in time to catch the sunrise:
As I’m writing this, we just arrived in Luang Prabang and were greeted by our friendly tour guide and a glass of fresh watermelon juice.