Great trip - very good guide and safe/cautious driver made for an interesting tour. Only suggestion we would have is to make the trip by the small uncomfortable, difficult to get in and out of, unsafe speed boat to the river market in Laos optional, with visiting the city of Chiang Sean as the other possibility. We found the visit to the market a waste of time - we are not in to buying illegal Cheap imitations and we do not believe you should be promoting the sale of them either by promoting tours to the area. We made a separate trip back the following day to see the interesting and historical town of Chiang Sean - something that could have been achieved the previous day as the tour to the Golden Triangle passes through the city.