Vilay Guesthouse Luang Prabang

... and a half without issues. We had finally figured out how to get the kayak to move in a straight line and how to easily make turns. By the end, we were exhausted and ready for a shower but had to wait for the truck to pick us up for nearly forty five minutes. <br><br>We arrived back in Luang Prabang at around five p.m., where Claire promptly got on an overnight bus to Vietnam, and I checked into the same hotel that the Australian guys from the bus had told me they were staying. I wasn't ...

... was to grab a beer and tube down the river where we&#8217;d been bathing the elephants, a great way to soothe our saddle sore bottoms.<br><br>For our final day in the sanctuary we once more rode and bathe the elephants and then kayaked to a nearby waterfall. After swimming in the ice cold water, we had lunch, jumped into our kayaks and paddled back to Luang Prabang. This wasn&#8217;t quite as gentle as it sounds, as on the journey back we had to ...

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... that comes with a maid, a car, and a driver. And on sight masseuse is available as well. Workers pour in every morning wearing pink, purple, yellow, and orange shirts. I'm not real sure what they're building, but everyday at 5 they all pile into the back of a big utility truck with a huge flatbed with three fold up sides. They all squeeze in there. I'll bet there's 50 of them. The last ones seem to just jump and get stuck in the mass of people all crammed it here. They all laugh ...

... and only went for sticky rice, spicy gravy and an odd pink unctuous chunk of something that I mixed in with the rice. This action caused much hilarity among nearby guests who pointed out that the pink stuff was a sweet desert, a bit like Birds Eye trifle. Later on Nunu, who was hooked on the stuff, filled a plastic bag full of it and attempted to conceal it within her dungarees - even though this showed plainly as an unwieldy lump. She was subsequently caught by no less than the bride ...