Golden City Temple (Wat Xieng Thong) Luang Prabang

I will always remember the journey from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang. Not least for the stunning scenery through the mountains but also for being dripped on constantly by the air-con unit and the screaming, vomiting child in the seat next to me. 10 hours of pure living of the dream....

On arrival at the bus station it's the standard affair …

Las carreteras acá son de frentón malas, 100 kms te los puedes recorrer en 4 horas y si además le agregas que es un camino entre montañas, puede resultar una pesadilla…y bueno, fue algo por el estilo el camino desde Vang Vieng a Phonsavan. El problema es que no había bus (más grande, igual de lento) y sólo había una mini van…comprenderá …

Woke up early due to the hammering from the silvermiths next door (they started at about 6am) but stayed in bed until 6.30am then up a quick cold shower and out to discover the jewel of Northern Laos that is Luang Prabang. Let me set the scene, we are staying ten minutes from the old town in the Silversmiths Quarter where artisan crafts are still …

A little over 12 years ago, in the the fall of 2000 my parents both obtained sabbaticals from their work, and took my brother (then 19) and I (13) on a 4-plus month journey through Europe, Southeast Asia and India. Although I had traveled before this, through Mexico, Great Britain and part of Europe, this was my first true long term travel …

This day started the way all good vacations should. Everyone got up when they were ready and we ate breakfast at different times and then when we were ready, we made our plans to conquer the city. Besides the many temples, there are really 3 things that you should see in Luang Prabang. Number one is Phousy mountain, which sits like a queen in the …

Heihei,
Internettet i dette landet er ganske daarlig de fleste plasser og derfor gaar det gjerne litt tid mellom ver gang vi skriver, ttt (ting tar tid). Den tredje Februar reiste vi med slow boat fra Chiang Rai i Thailand til Luang Prabang i Laos. Dette var en totalt tre dager lang tur hvor vi tilbrakte omtrent 20 timer i baat. Den ene dagen …

Breakfast was simple and we left our very basic hotel at Chiang Khong, with our packed lunches, to be ferried across the Mekong into Laos. We took the slow boat along the Mekong from Huay Xai (the fast boats have a long tail and passengers sit squashed together wearing crash helmets). There was plenty of time to take in the riverbank scenes and at …

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We arrived in the rain. It started as small drops, it continued as big drops. As we unloaded our bags from the boat, very happy to be on dry land again (I think Andrew was happiest) the monks were practising for a riverboat race! None the less with them doing that our main priority was to get out of the rain. We had no idea where our …

We very quickly warmed to Luang Prabang and ended up enjoying a full week there much longer that the usual 2-3 days of most travellers we met before they invariably moved on to the infamous Vang Vieng. Our guesthouse Hoxieng was a nice family run place to stay and we were soon being taken care of by the family matriarch a delightful old lady who …

Por alguna razon desconocida Nathan y yo estuvimos super entusiasmados por este viaje, fue por eso que decidimos quedarnos 5 dias alli ya que pensamos que seria un de las mas emocionantes experiencias que tendriamos.


El resort era una de las cosas mas rescatables de este viaje. Nuestra habitacion daba al rio Mekong y la vista era …

... Sukhothai (the ancient capitol of Siam) before returning to Bangkok. The architectural highlight of the town is Wat Xiangthong (or Golden City Temple) with its incredible "tree of life" mosaic on its south facing wall, built in the mid 1500's. It ...

... we wandered through the night market, which was a lot smaller than the Chiang Mai market and a lot more touristy.   City Centre & Golden City Temple Our first full day was spent wandering around the old town taking lots of photos, Marne was on a ...