{"id":283,"date":"2020-07-04T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T12:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boten.com\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2020-08-21T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T16:15:25","slug":"boten-attractions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boten.com\/boten-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Boten Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Boten\nDuty-Free Mall<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>

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The modern\nBoten Duty-Free Mall sits just off Highway 13 at the southern end of the\nCentral Business District (CBD), and offers three stories of traditional\nduty-free products and some you wouldn\u2019t expect. The 15,000 sqm retail complex\nopened in February 2015, to serve both locals and international travelers. In\nits first year, the mall served more than 800,000 customers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Shops in\nthe mall feature top brand names covering a range of products. The first floor\nfeatures perfumes, cosmetics and skin-care products. Moving upstairs, you\u2019ll\nfind showcases with watches, jewelry, and sunglasses, along with electronics,\nracks displaying the latest fashions, and luggage. The third floor presents\nshelves of Chinese and foreign liquor, wine, and cigarettes. You can also\npurchase toys, chocolates, and candy, and check out an assortment of herbal\nremedies, health products and supplements, and traditional Chinese medicines.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Boten\nEccelente Cabaret<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>

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The Boten\nEccelente Cabaret is currently the only show in Boten\u2026and it\u2019s a beauty.\nTransgender women, mostly from Thailand, parade on stage in a pageant, while\ndressed in large flowery, feathery costumes. The performers draw in the crowd,\nwho occasionally become part of the show. The women lure them on stage to\ndance, or the ladies step into the audience to mingle with the crowd.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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The professional\non-stage production topped by great lighting and music is as much of the show\nas the women. And the Eccelente attracts all kinds of crowds: business and\ntourism groups, curious couples, and just a bunch of friends out for a fun and\nentertaining evening. The cabaret can cater to celebrations like birthdays and\npromotions, and put the spotlight on the person of the night. The women will\ncoax them onto the dance floor to guarantee a laugh.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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The Boten\nEccelente Cabaret\u2019s entrance is on Highway 13 across from the southeastern\ncorner of the CBD. A small forest along the highway separates the fun from\ntraffic, and is a perfect backdrop for outside performances, dining, and\ndancing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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The Luang\nNamtha Circuit<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>

For a taste\nof nature and culture, drive 55 km south of Boten on Highway 13 to Highway 3\nand Luang Namtha Town. Here, you\u2019ll find a 20-km paved circuit to ethnic\nvillages, a waterfall, and historic stupa. The route can be navigated by car,\nmotorbike, tuk-tuk<\/i>, or bicycle.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Start at the Luang Namtha\nMuseum\u2019s <\/span>display of Buddha images, hand-crafted weapons, bronze drums, and farm\ntools. <\/span>Then head northeast across the Nam Tha Bridge to<\/span> Thong\nChai Village and the road to Ban Nam Dee (Good Water Village), a small ethnic\nLanten community.<\/span> The five-minute walk to\nthe falls zigzags across a brook on stone steps and wooden<\/span> planks to a path that runs\nalong a ridge. At the falls, you\u2019ll find a picnic pavilion and natural swimming\npools. <\/span>Be sure to stop at the village handicraft shop.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Return to Lao Route 3 and head south for 3 km to <\/span>Vieng Neua Village<\/span>, home of ethnic\nTai, who have a distinct community house for hosting visitors. Book village\nvisits with baci<\/i> ceremonies, cultural performances, meals, and cooking\nclasses at the Tourist Information Center.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Continue south and take a right onto the road at\nthe airport entrance for the 15-minute drive to the hilltop That Phoum Pouk\nStupa. Built in 1628 to demarcate the Lane Xang and Lanna Kingdoms, the\noriginal stupa was tumbled by American bombers in 1966, but a new one was built\nnext to the ruins in 2003. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Nearby Nam Ngaen Village presents Tai Dam villagers\nproducing potent Lao Lao<\/i> rice alcohol. Walk to their Tai Daeng neighbors\nand observe women weave intricately patterned cloth on a two-level loom. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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For those spending the night, wind up your stay at the\n<\/span>Luang Namtha Night\nMarket, an evening gathering point to eat, drink and shop. Tables fill the\nbrick plaza, and wooden kiosks around the perimeter sell local dishes and\ndesserts. The food stalls offer familiar dishes – fish, chicken, duck, spring\nrolls, noodles, soups, vegetables and fresh fruit – and more interesting\nchoices: boiled chicken feet, fried fish heads, toasted frogs and<\/a><\/span>[CE1]<\/a> <\/span><\/span> bowls of peculiar-smelling\ndips.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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The\nmarket starts up at around 17:00 for families and friends to enjoy a meal and\nworkers to drink a few Beer Laos, but by 20:00, motorcycles line the street as\nthe Lao youth move in. The Night Market is located between the BCEL Bank and\npost office on the southern end of Luang Namtha\u2019s main street.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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