Umberellas of the Night Market

November 18th 2010
We have now moved north to the cultural town of Luang Prabang. It's famous for the many wats (temples),we spent two days wandering around the wats and watching the monks go about their daily lives. Evenings were spent wandering through the night markets that set up along the road, it was an amazing place but there are only so many temples you can see so after 2 days we decided to return to Vang Vi ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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Stan and Sheila woolley

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We both travelled and worked in Spain, which is where we first met, back in 1971. Things back then were quite different, no plastic card banking or internet to smooth the way. Our travels were put on hold for a few years whilst we brought up our two children. They now spend large chunks of their life exploring the world. In in our mid to late 50's we decided it was time we took up travelling again and this time write our own travel blog. Hope it can compete with the younger generations. We chose the nickname 'still crazy' because I guess that's what we are, still crazy. We completed three... full info

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23rd November 2010

Sharon
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I love this picture? Did you buy anything at the night market? I got a silver bracelet and some cute kid stuff for school (in storage somewhere) but not much as was too worried about carrying it! As it is the start of your trip, I'm guessing you are the same. By the way, it is pouring rain here!

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