Ancient Luang Prabang Hotel

... the end of the road. Then there was about half an hour of dancing and singing at the temple, with fireworks being set off right at your feet (health and saftey? phff..). Eventually the boats were carried down to the Mekong and floated off into the darkness surrounded by floating candles people had put out into the water from further upstream. A great way to be welcomed to the town we thought!<br><br>Luang Prabang turned out to usually be the most laid back place ...

... just dirt tracks and we wondered through a small village to get to the temples. An idyllic scene with the whole village sat along the path outside their houses either cooking food or playing with their children. We started being followed by a group of cute children who want to practice their English (as well as sell us flowers to give as offerings to Buddha in the temples). I bought a few bunches for a few thousand kip (10 pence a bunch) and when we arrived at the ...

... people live off the income generated by the work of the 500 domesticated elephants of Laos. The vast majority of work carried out by these elephants is in the logging industry, thus tragically contributing to the destruction of wild elephant habitat. The Lao tourism industry employs some domesticated elephants, with strong future growth in this sector predicted. <br><br>ElefantAsia is a non-profit organization ...

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... read it. I started out at the National Museum, but even in the shade it was too hot. I then went to a Wat. A local came up and started talking to me which was great, but I was actually planning on going in for a nap. After my name I went and had some western food, which is something I rarely do. I usually eat local food, but my stomach has been a bit queezy so I found a place that made pizza and indulged myself. It wasn&#8217;t that bad ...

The upshot by returning to Luang Prabang was to linger around and re-take some of the shots I'd mercilessly had snatched - or was it crashed? from me.<br>However, it would involve re-visiting a waterfall, and trying to get to the riverside bank opposite the Pak Ou Caves, to focus on the glorious limestone purply tinted mounded vista at the other side. Considered the options, but first went down to the main ...