Alounsavath Guesthouse Luang Prabang

... to the local bowling alley, which is the only place that serves alcohol in Luang Prabang past midnight. We bowled one game and hung out at the bowling alley for a bit before heading back. <br><br>During my last day in Luang Prabang I walked around the city, ate at a riverfront restaurant, spent time at an Internet cafe and confirmed my overnight bus to Vang Vieng. I also had my first traditional Laosian massage, which involved lots of stretching, patting, and a little Laosian man crawling ...

... large, so to live cheaply in Laos, if you are a foreign traveler, is not that easy. Food is expensive by SE Asian standard, organized outings more so. In Thailand, a 3-days trekking usually cost less than 50 USD but here it would cost more than a hundred. Luckily by the end of my full day here I found what I needed: a place for an excellent cup of coffee in the morning for 35 US cents and for dinner, another place that offered a plate of ...

... character. The old town of Luang Prabang is on a small peninsula where the Mekong river and Nam Ham river converge. The old town is full of beautifully preserved (and restored) old French colonial homes, endless Buddhist temples (Wats) and also the exiled King of Laos&#8217; Royal Palace. It was the occupants of these Wats that made for one of the most memorable experiences of our time in Asia so far. At sun rise, the local people of Luang Prabang ...

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... there is a section on almost every lady's table of wrapped up banana leaves, so far I've had it three times. Each time has been fish meat off of the bone, mixed up with spices and peppers, but one time it had a really bitter vegetable in there as well that kind of put me off. Today the banana leaf produced fish eggs and cut up pork cooked into the egg white and yolk from a chicken egg. Much to my surprise it was great. The sundried pork with sticky rice has become a favorite ...

... of food for a big feast.<br><br>I didn´t see too much of Luang Prabang but from what I did see it seemed like a very pleasant town. It did have a mean waterfall with a great pool at the top where you could swim and you could spend a very pleasant afternoon enjoying a beer on the banks of the Mekong.<br>

... off the boat, I was approached by a young man asking me if I needed a hotel. I usually politely decline these offers of help but I decided on a whim to let him show me a place instead of wandering around a new city in search of a bed. He took me to a place where I could have a room with shred bath. It was cheap and the bathroom looked newly remodeled so I took the room ...

... when I was about eight. This was all too easy and I was able to stay on for at least two more songs before being able to graciously excuse myself (Michelle had already left). Back in my seat I was able to observe the dancers as they displayed the kind of faces you might expect them to wear if they had been, say, gutting fish.<br><br>Later on, after we had had our picture taken with the bride and groom (the merit of our attendance captured for posterity), we falangs, repaired to a ...