Pak Ou Caves Ban Pak-Ou

The title alludes to what all the locals and travellers say, I wish someone would teach them the word "similar!"

Luang Prabang is beautiful. I wish I came here sooner and missed out Vientiane and Pakse. the whole of the old town is a UNESCO heritage site, and you can see why. It's full of tourists and locals trying to sell to them. There …

So we finished the final leg of our slow boat trip. Though it was a great experience we were getting cabin fever by the end and glad to get off. When we finally found a guesthouse with a room and dropped off our bags we went to check out the local market and food stalls.

The second day we went to Kouang Si waterfall on a tuk tuk. We were …

This is a gorgeous town! We loved it :)

... them somewhere. Unfortunately for all concerned this is when someone mentioned showing Mamma our horoscopes that we had found in the Pak Ou caves. Michelle was first. Mamma read it, cooing all the time and emitting high pitched squeals of delight. By the ...

Spent a day arsing about on a longboat to Pak Ou caves, then onwards to sit on an Elephant for an hour then testing out the local rice Whiskey (sweet and deadly).  Very much on the tourist trail in ...