Untouchable
April 25th 2007 While the rest of Northern Laos has disappeared into the quicksands of time, Luang Prabang has rooted itself in the Golden Era of French colonialism. Sidewalk cafes serve you baguettes and cafe au lait for breakfast (which lasts well into the midday). Always in pairs, monks in radiant saffron robes stroll by beneath stoic black umbrellas. A shopkeeper sweeps her part of the sidewalk as her help h
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