Editor's Note: This is the second article in a three-part series exploring the impact of the Laos-China Railway, a major project under China's Belt and Road Initiative that connects cities across Laos and southwest China. Read Part 1 .   LUANG PRABANG, Laos — Winding mountain roads, sudden landslides, and unexpected halts on desolate stretches of highway. That was the daunting eight-hour bus journey from Laos' capital, Vientiane, to Luang Prabang, the country's UNESCO-listed tourist epicenter.  In April, however, the travel dynamics in this part of Southeast Asia subtly began to shift.

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