Luang Prabang

After that long painful busride we found ourselves in Luang Prabang the exact opposite to hectic Hanoi. Or as Mia chose to put it - "I like it here, it's calmer, quiter and... and... more monks around!".

We weren't up to too much in Luang Prabang to be honest. It was something about the sleepy atmosphere there, and I guess that the 30 hour busride was still fresh in memory because almost the only thing I remember us doing was to stroll around in the small city while eating delicious Lao baguettes (I'm getting a huge craving for one just writing about them!). I suppose that we enjoyed being able to walk down a street without having to worry about being hit by motorbikes every two seconds for once.

Some things we did manage to do though. On the second day we went to Kouang Si, a big waterfall some kilometers out of the city. That was just amazing, neither of us have ever seen water that blue before. If you didn't mind a bit of climbing you could actually go all the way up to the top and watch how the water made its way down. We'll try and post photos soon.

Our last morning in Luang Prabang we woke before sunrise to see the monks collect alms along the main street. It is quite strange how something like that has turned into a massive tourist attraction, apart from people selling fruit and rice to give the monks I didn't see a single local there! We didn't have too much time to look properly though, we had to rush back to the guest house to catch our tuk tuk pick-up for the bus that took us to tubing paradise Vang Vieng!