Saynamkhan Hotel Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang turned out to be quite different to where we&#8217;d been so far due to its very pretty French colonial area, which has UNESCO world heritage status. We&#8217;d chosen to stay on the main street where luckily our target guesthouse had a room available &#8211; nice hotel standard, a real treat.<br><br>It was now M&#8217;s turn to be full of a cold and the weather had now ...

... to the animals in their care &#8211; it reminded us of an<br>article we read in the Washington Post about the relationship an<br>employee had with a hippo that was slated to move from the National<br>Zoo in DC to the midwest. <br><br><br><br><br>To<br>round out the day we watched the sunset at the temples at Phu Si &#8211;<br>which involved a 100m high climb. All the way up the Lion King song<br>was in our heads from the elephant ride. <br><br><br><br><br>

... intent on their rituals. We were quite struck by the peaceful air of calm that accompanied this tradition, and it was gratifying to realise that the influence of western culture is perhaps not as all-effacing as it can sometimes seem. <br><br>After Luang Prabang we visited Vientiane, the laid-back capital of Laos, where we had an excellent dinner at a riverside restaurant on the shores of the Mekong. In case that ...

... elpehnats neck for a bit, we then learnt how to command the elephants verbally in 'Lao' - although we figured by the end - its all in the kicking the ears!!! (Not jumping up and down on the elephants neck like i did!!).<br> <br>They mostly used female elephants to carry the tourists and you almost feel like you are going to topple **** over tit over its head, particularly when you go down hill!<br> <br>We then had lunch and then we took the ...

... wandering around everywhere, which is a little strange because they are treated like celebrities, you have to lower yourself when they walk past you otherwise its extremely offensive to be higher than a monk. It will be sad to leave, but now we have Moses the Minsk, things just got a lot more exciting!<br><br>Tom:<br>17.09.09 - 1400<br><br>We had planned to leave this morning, but Sara was up all night being violently ill..."both ends".<br><br>She is currently sleeping and ...

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... really wanted a silver necklace with a frangipani flower, and there are some lovely fabrics to turn into wall-hangings but budget and backpack space wouldn't allow indulgences. We bought some little paintings of buddhas, a few t-shirts and some irresistable tiny baby slippers.<br> <br>One morning we got up early hoping to catch the monks recieving alms, but we must have been too late, so we settled for a wander around the fresh produce ...

... la cueva con las estatuas de buda y las vistas de Luang Prabang:<br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>Como excursión, alquilar una barca y navegar por el Mekong hasta las cuevas de Pak Ou, a 25 km de Luang Prabang. Son dos cuevas con infinidad de estatuas de Buda de todos los estilos y tama ...

... debate alone, the whole "traveling vs. vacation" debate. I might just do that, because it is something that I feel I could write a decent note on, and it would probably spur a good debate, like it always does, but not now. <br> So Luke Tanner is coming to visit. It's funny to read the progression of the conversation that we were having over the couple of days when he decided to come. Gotta love the spontaneity. He gets here the 12th. Should be a blast. It will be ...

... found a room that had 3 beds, one double and 2 singles. So here it was. 4 people and 3 beds, so if we didn't want to share a bed and also not have to single anyone out and telling them to get lost..(basically the German girl being the first choice!), it was an awkward time. So here it was... We let the Girl have one of the single beds and we (3 guys) would draw straws for the other one. Milo won and so it was, the 2 Brit boys having to ...