Muonglao Riverside Guesthouse Luang Prabang

... bit choppy. The captains of the boats use their experience and the surface of the river to guide them through the rocks in the Mekong and as the water had become so choppy it was hard toi see where the rocks were. For safety and more likely to avoid damaging his boat we stopped a couple of times but not for long. The journey was a bit more tiring this time as it was a bit more crowded and the scenary was very similar to ...

... street stalls, which tasted great. Chicken, Pork and Fish all barbecued and delicious. I had a wander around the street markets buying a few t-shirts to get me through to Bangkok ,then off to find a bar that was showing the Man utd vs Liverpool match as the Irish lads were all Man utd fans. Straight after the game we walked home to catch the arsenal match in the hostel as we were catching a slow boat down the Mekong to Pak Bang tmrw at 07:00.

... 000 (35pence) then you buy meat or fish (or if you're Piggy's like us - both!) from the bbq. Big pieces of Chicken are 10,000 (70pence) and a fish enough for two is 20,000 (1pound forty). Beer is 10,000 (70pence) so you're looking at a feast for under a fiver! Hey, if you're a veggie its less than a pound!!!<br>There are plastic tables and chairs in the post office car park and you are joined by the local cats who wait patiently for your leftovers. Every local has a cat ...

... the stairs leading up to the front entrance. I thought this little guy must have come from the dormitories that are behind the main office, so I scooped him up and, accompanied by Bountavy, one of my students from my English class, trotted off to find its own**s. Sure enough, th**e w**e 2 oth** kittens in front of the dorm, so I asked Bountavy to ask the men at the dorm if I could leave the kitten with the 2 oth**s. Th**e w**e lots of nodding of ...

Hello<br><br>Woke up on my birthday to bright sunshine and quickly opened the cards that Pam had sneakily given to Mark before our departure from Perth! One card from Pam and Malc and one card from my babees, Choccie Biccie and Harvey Rabbit. Apparently there is a present as well but I have to wait until we get to England coz Mark couldn't be ***** to carry it around and posted it there from Malacca.<br><br>Had a very cruisy day for my ...

... dinner and ate baguettes and walked around the night market. <br><br>In the morning I had to catch an early bus to go to Phonsavan and Leah was leaving Laos and heading over to Cambodia to see Ankor Wat, so we decided to wake up early to see the monks collecting Ums in Luang Prabang. We did it, we set the alarm to wake us up at 4:45 am so we could be on the streets by 5:30am. When we left the Guest house it was still dark ...

... at the point where it runs into the Nam Ou, are stuffed with Buddha figurines, mostly 'retired'. In one such cave, the Tham Ting, some four thousand statues stand around in varying levels of darkness. In this cave we found an oracle in the form of a bunch of numbered sticks in a container. The idea is to shake the container until a stick drops out and then take a piece of paper corresponding with the number on the stick. On the piece of paper is your personal horoscope, in Lao ...