Haysoke Hotel Luang Prabang

... desperately. The only way to get back to the guesthouse is to go through the night market with all its alluring distractions; combined with a bad ankle and a full bladder, it wasn't exactly fun to rush "home" but we still managed to haggle for and buy a few things on our way.<br><br>The weather in Luang Prabang is extremely pleasant since we're higher up in elevation. 25-27 C during the day, 16-18 C at night. Makes for good sleeping without the continual ...

... to wash off a bit. We were entertained watching the tribes members bathe themselves in the river nude, without any modesty. Several of the children eyed us curiously, especially when Claire shrieked as she poured buckets of icy cold river water over her head. <br><br>After cleaning up, we walked back to our house family's home, where we quickly realized that we were the only English speaking and/or white people in the village that night. Unlike the other treks I had been on, there was no ...

... got so*ked. The w*ter w*s *lso freezing cold. Brrrr.<br><br>After bidding good ridd*nce to the hovel I joined everyone else for bre*kf*st in the rest*ur*nt. There w*s * guy working there who h*d sever*l m*ssively long h*irs sprouting from * mole on his neck, I'm t*lking *t le*st five inches long. It w*s hideous! (Note: I h*d *lre*dy seen sever*l of these odd ch*r*cters in M*l*ysi* *nd Th*il*nd, *nd seeing this bloke m*de me re*lise it w*s obviously not ...

... when they are selling you something. Our tuk tuk pulls into the bus station and we all hope that the bus we see is not ours, it has bald tires, no aircondidtioning and the seats are made for small Asian people not big white men (thats what they call Marc here!!). There was even a man who took his chicken with him on the bus! We were the only tourists on the bus and luckily some of the few who were not sick. The road which we were told was 90 percent complete ...

... at 6.30pm and managed to find a Guest House for the night. We just chilled out for the evening, sampling some traditional Lao cooking, I went for the Water Buffalo curry, which was quite tough but tasted much like a good steak would. <br><br>Next morning was another early start ready for the final leg, and the ferry to Luang Prabeng. Markus, whom joined our group on the ferry was heading in a different direction to the rest of us so it was time to say our goodbyes and head different ...

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... to give money. They never told us this, but that&#8217;s what happens (many tour guides told us this). <br><br>By the time we were done with riding the elephant ride it was pouring rain so we ran under cover and ate lunch which was proper Laos style. We ate with our hands, a bunch of sticky rice, and different servings of foods. The food was really good too. <br><br>After lunch we started out for our 1 ½ hour- 4 hour kayaking trip. It was really nice ...

... village we spotted the local residents digging their own storm water drains - no mean feat, they were at least two metres deep. Good upstanding citizens of a communist country!<br><br>Most villages boasted at least one flash, multi storied, ornate castle of a home. Hmmm, we pondered, which high ranking official resides here? Still hundreds of roadside vendors - always a good stop for delicious fresh fruit. A common ...

... good surface transport to Luang Prabang, the city became very insular and has therefore survived with many of its treasures intact. Despite it being Laos' second or third largest city, only 63,000 people live in Luang Prabang, 16,000 of which live in the city as opposed to outlying districts. The historic centre, situated on a type of peninsula at the confluence of the two rivers, retains the atmosphere of a small village and is eerily quiet most of the time with few pedestrians ...