Blogs from Luang Prabang, West, Laos, Asia
May 20th 2012
Luang Prabang is a beautiful and peaceful town wedged between the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers. Its known for its crepe and fruit shake stalls and chilled out vibe. I easily spent hours on end chilling out, sipping a fruit shake, in a cafe overlooking the river, watching the fisherman down below try for a catch and the young locals swim in its shallows, trying to escape the heat of the sun as its light danced on the rivers surface. In the cool (or less hot) of the morning and afternoon I wondered through the streets, looking at the markets, temples and local school. I went to the Kuang Si falls one day and had cheap drinks in a really cool bar called Eutopia after seeing the sun set over the town from the Phu Si ... read more
We celebrated second life at Luang Prabang
Published: May 15th 2012Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang
May 14th 2012
We left Xiangkhoung soon after breakfast, we went up to the intersection on the mountain, Phou Khoun, a small little town where you can see two rows of wooden shoplots, many Hmong, Laos and Hmu ladies selling vegetables, you also get to see tourists making a lunch stop and to ease themselves. This intersections is actually a cross road to Vientienne, Xiangkhoung and Luang Prabang. To reach any of these three destinations, you need to stop at Phou Khoun. Remember to bring your own lunch. After lunch we headed towards Luang Prabang. While going down the winding zig zag road , it began to drizzle. I noticed our driver was tired and drove very fast to finish his job in Luang Prabang. The 4 wheeler skidded, making a 180 degree turn. My two lady friends right ... read more
May 13th 2012
Met dezelfde groep als in Vang Vieng zijn we met ze allen naar Luang Prabang gegaan. Gezellig met de groep naar de waterval geweest, deze ligt ongeveer 30km van Luang Prabang. Mooie waterval en je kan er ook lekker zwemmen, ook hebben ze hier een beren opvang. Toen is iedereen weer een beetje opgesplitst naar andere bestemmingen. Zelf had ik besloten om een tijdje in Luang Prabang te blijven, om onder andere mijn travelblog te doen. Heerlijk chille dagen in mijn eentje gehad. Uitslapen, blog, tempels bekeken, aan het zwembad gelegen, boek gelezen, muziek geluisterd en natuurlijk naar de bar geweest! Lekkere dagen hier gehad en niet al te veel gedaan! Na al die bus reizen heb ik mezelf een cadeau gegeven in plaats van een bus reis van 32 uur...... een vliegticket van Luang Prabang ... read more
May 5th 2012
Hi guys, I've added a whole load of pics from the waterproof camera to the last blog so if you have a chance, check them out! Thanks, Sabaii dii! So we crossed across the friendship bridge into Vientiane, Laos. Vientiane is the new Capital city, it has a lot of history and interesting historical buildings left over from the French, but with the time constraints we decided to head straight up to Vang Vieng for some more adventurous activities. Laos apparently holds the not so prestigious title for the most bombed country in the world and has been in a constant struggle over the last century. Laos is thankfully more stable now with tourism and other industries flourishing. The minivan stopped along the way to pick up locals and one got on with a basket of ... read more
May 3rd 2012
We broke up our journey to Luang Prabang with an overnight stopover in Luang Namtha. Nothing much to report from there, other than that this was where we discovered the Laos baguette, perfectly crusty on the outside and soft in the middle bread, unlike the sweet stodgy stuff we’d had in Africa and India. God bless the French (influence)! Being a World Heritage site, Luang Prabang is a tad touristy, but also very picturesque and charming, with its pretty temples, cobblestone lanes and colonial architecture. It certainly worked its charm on us, as did its numerous bakeries tempting us with culinary delights, which we’d only seen in our dreams during our previous four and half months on the road. With bagels, cream cheese, seeded baguettes, real cheddar cheese, salami, mustard, muesli, and peanut butter cookies we ... read more
April 17th 2012
Sabaidi pi mai!! Happy Lao New Year!! Between 13th-16th April Laos celebrates bringing in the new year with water which symbolises washing away last year bad luck and sins and to bring you good luck in the next year. It turns out that for 3 days the whole of Laos has a massive water fight, children and grannies alike! We both found the inner child in us and bought massive water guns and went to town!! The city was filled withg celebrations and wonderful atmosphere, all nationalities joined in and there was no escape during daylight hours . . . anyone want to pay our laundry bill!? On the last day we were a bit fought out (and Paul had broke his gun, and robbed Rach's) so we decided to see the Kuang Si Waterfall. It ... read more
April 16th 2012
ah after all my travels and living in different cultures i've found the place i wanna live in ... just more pictures of the town i've fallen crazy in love with ...... read more
Entering Laos & discovering Luang Prabang photos
Published: April 16th 2012Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang
April 16th 2012
Finally then the pictures of Luang Prabang, a city i have fallen in love with ... so much i have seen, experienced and inhaled that right now i think words are not gonna express what and how i'm feeling by just 'being' here ... and i won't bore you more with my little 'verses' which keep coming, about life, the universe and everything else too ... however that's a whole different story so this blog once again will be practically only told by pictures, once again i've ended up at a computer which doesn't rotate my pictures, however m really glad i already got them online (however in alphabetical order instead of story wise order), so just absorb and hope ya get at least one iota of a feeling what i'm experiencing ... enjoy... read more
April 16th 2012
As much as i hated to leave the eco lodge and the elephants behind, Howevercoming 'home' to Luang Prabang was great ... I decided to stay in same shared bathroom guesthouse and not only was i welcomed with a great smile and key to the room i i stayed in before, i started to befriend a young student who work at the guesthouse. And thus i sponteneously became an english teacher, while learning more Lao from him ... during the day i wandered around Luang Prabang, sometimes being the tourist and visiting temples, musea etc, at other times i would just sit still and observe ... i usually get up around 6-6.30am and go to one of my outside 'offices', in Luang Prabang this is usually a stone table and bench (ofcourse i carry around a ... read more
Day 4-6 withe elephants ... only photos
Published: April 16th 2012Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang
April 16th 2012
Ha, i finally got the story straight ... still working on rotating the pictures ... at one point i will share the story, however just trying to catch up with downloading and editing my pictures ... so again enjoy ...... read more
