So after finally making it to Laung Prabang me and a Canadian couple who I went on the Gibbons experience with, found a cool guest hour just off the made drag. Laung probang is a small town with a really french kind of feel to it. Apparently it has grown really quickly with the increased tourism but it has done so in a controlled manner which allowed it to keep much of it's character. I am official a millionaire, it didn't take hard work, a good education or even winning the lottery, all I had to do is exchange around 120 Cdn. The Laos currency (the Kip) is close to worthless, there are no coins with the highest denomination being a 20,000 kip bill. So when I exchanged 120 Cdn I got a stack of
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