We got to Luang Prabang early evening after our 10 hour bus journey. We checked in our place and headed out for some food. It had a real french town feel to the place and we really liked it. LP had a curfew of 11pm. Everything stops and shuts completely. Everything except the bowling alley! So after teaching Texas how to play pool (!) we headed to the place to be.
We spent about 5 days in Luang Prabang. It was a cool place just to potter around in. It felt more like we were in a quaint little french town. Apart from one or two afternoons we did keep busy...
Phusi
A climb to the top to see a temple and a gorgrous sunset. With packs of other tourists though but the view was great. Even if we couldn't see from all the sweat in our eyes. Those steps were hard work!
Wats
We hired some bikes again one day and went and seeked the WATS that were about the place. It was such a sunny day and so peaceful so we spent pretty much the whole day on our bikes, exploring the quaint town.
Cooking class
So we enrolled on to our chosen class at a restaurant and turned up at 8.30am the next day as they told us to. There was no1 else on the course so just us two girlies. They took us to the market and told us all about the different herbs and ingredients they use. And then we had a whole morning of chopping and preparing our scrum lunch that we made. We had coconut soup to start, Luang Prabang beef stew, and fresh spring rolls, and sweet pumpkin for afters. We're going to do one in each country so be prepared for a feast when I come home!
Night Market
And a really romantic one at that. All lit up with cute lanterns and all the stalls selling silk and coffee and other such Laos stuff. It was on every evening and we did go a few times.
Saffron coffee
The place that did us the best baguettes. And I sampled the Laos coffee. Really good.
"Hoss/The pirate in training/The Dude/Andrew"
We got chatting to a guy called Hoss. He was from California but had spent the past few years working on various projects in Asia. We drank wine with him in a nice wine bar a couple of nights. He was really nice and had some funny stories about when he'd been travelling. Funny and scary. It's not THAT funny being shot by the Cambodian mafia is it??
Bowling
I don't need to explain this do I? Lots of fun.
Arts and ethology centre
A place to read about all materials that different tribes produce.
Morning monks
The monks of the town get up early every day and walk the streets and we were told it's a must to see it. So sure enough one morning we set our alarm for 5am. We were still a bit late though but did manage to see the back of some monks.
Trek to a Waterfall
WHY?!! Coz it's fun to get adrenalined up. No but we were told this was a leisurely beautiful waterfall that we should see. Please see next page. It requires more than a paragraph.
Massage
Much needed after the trek. Say no more. It was perfect. Actually that's a bit of a lie. She did hurt me a little bit.
The Mouse
In our room. It ate some of my crocs one night. I think he thought it was funny because he heard me say bad things about him when I found that he'd nibbled my crocs. The next day I found that he'd had a go at my flip flops as well... when we told the guest house owners that there was a mouse in our room, they laughed and agreed that there was probably a mouse in our room. Service with a smile!
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