Calao Hotel Luang Prabang
Soulignavongsa Street Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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Lovely LAOS: Gem of SE Asia
... including the UNESCO building. The logo symbol is highly respected here; and proudly displayed and understood.
I experienced many "must-see" and "must do" during my 4 days, and await a Tauck group on 3/31; our first year/first season in this country. Personally, I enjoy the 5:30AM morning ritual of Alms giving -- Giving rice, fruit and daily sustenance to the monks. Don't look and don't touch, resist photography....this is not ...
A looooong boat journey to Luang Prabang
... part of the journey was down to a little village called Pak Beng and we arrived there around 6.30pm, the scenery on the way down was lovely and there was food and more importantly Beer Lao available onboard despite the ticket seller telling us there's be no food or drink aboard - he also said there'd be no accommodation in Pak Beng unless we booked with him but - another lie as we secured a decent room via a tout as soon as we docked.
We paid 300 baht ...
Day 107 Luang Prabang
... a translator to explain. We batiked for 4 hours, learning about the history and culture of the Hmong people using hemp and bees wax. I started feel unwell after we'd finished, must of been concentrating too hard to realise I was feeling queasy so I went back to the room for a nap and Will went to sit by the river to read. When I woke up I felt a little better so we decided to go for food (none for me though) and ended up watching a fashion ...
End Of Roads
... river. I like wooden decking it appears. The food was decent patthai rice, at least it was decent when I dumped chilli in it.
Charlotte found $50 on the floor when we were in Cambodia in the hotel reception. The shock of it and the fact a guy saw her meant she handed it over. I had protested at the time saying she should have kept it as no way were they going to find the rightful owner, plus she has lost loads of money. She responded by saying ...
Hangovers, Bears and The Waterfall
Having not got back until 3am this morning and actually waking up the owners trying to get in the front door which was locked we didn't get wake up until midday! I felt awful for waking the owners and a bit naughty and remember walking up the stairs trying not to look back at Kayleigh who I knew was laughing and I was trying to control my laughter as I knew it would end up in a giggling fit and the owners defiantly wouldn’t have appreciated that.
The night ...
