Ljb Smooth Hotel Luang Prabang

... br><br>Was so so so happy when we arrived at Luang Prabang and I could lie down properly and untwist my insides!<br><br>Luang Prabang has one of the best night markets where I was able to lose a couple of hours admiring (and buying) jewellery, art and materials. The Laos sellers arent as pushy as in Vietnam and the market had a really relaxed atmosphere to it.<br><br>The next day we spent going to the Kuang Si Waterfalls which were absolutely ...

Sind nach einer zweitaegigen Bootsfahrt mit Zwischenstopp in Luang Prabang (Laos) angekommen und sind grad am Stadt und Umgebung erkunden.<br><br>Waren heute an Wasserfaellen, die echt unglaublich schoen waren. Haben uns mit Lianen ins Wasser geschwungen und sind direkt von einem Wasserfall gesprungen.....war zwar nicht so hoch aber war echt fun.<br><br>Morgen fahren wir dann auch schon weiter nach Vien Tien und werden dort "Tuben" gehen.<br><br>

... br>have won us over and we are going to relax here for awhile.<br><br><br><br>Yes<br>we've heard it before &#8211; Luang Prabang is a tourist town and you<br>can't walk more than a block without running into a tourist agency. <br>All that being said &#8211; you walk a couple of blocks away from the<br>main drag &#8211; and you bike a couple of kilometers from the small town<br>you're in a local village. <br ...

Crossing the border from Thailand into Lao was as easy as crossing the river. After passing through immigration on the other side we switched boats and took off.<br>Long boats are (you guessed it) long river boats made of ancient wood planks and loud polluting motors recycled from unwanted vehicles. They cruise up and down the Mekong river, between islands in southern Thailand, pretty much all over the waterways for commercial purposes as well as public and private ...

... much in the evening, had some food and a Lao beer. The beer out here is amazing it would rival the Dutch and Germans.<br><br>18th September<br>Stayed in Luang Prabang town itself and hired some bicycles. We visited the Palace Museum as Luang Prabang used to be the capital. The Palace was really interesting and informative you could walk around inside to the King and Queens bedrooms and reception rooms etc comparable to through the keyhole at Buckingham Palace. In the ...

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... I couldn't find many people to go and Jeffery and Marta were the only ones interested. I had yet to go, so I went. Dun drove us an hour out there. He dropped us off and asked what time he needed to be back. We all agreed on a time and went our separate ways. I'm not real sure where Dun went, but we took off for the falls. On the way in we passed a rescue and rehabilitation center for the Asiatic Black Bear. At first we saw nothing and then they let them out of their houses ...

... too?! <br>So, i enjoyed the late afternoon and sunset over the Mekong as i sat on the roof top terrace of the hotel. Here is where everything was to change for the forth coming weeks. I was (as usual) minding my own business with a book, when a dred-locked sporting Kiwi (white guy) asked if he could sit with me. No problem and we had a pleasant enough chat over a beer Laos (good beer and lucky so, as its the only brand available in this country ...

... but was beaten to it by a man who wanted to put it in a cage in his house.<br><br>By the time we reached Vang Vieng, having been in Laos for over a week, I had reached the conclusion that I am allergic to the tap water. Every time I had taken a shower I would have to endure half an hour of excruciating itchiness all over my body that almost had me weeping. I tried using different soaps and then no soap at all, but in each case the result was the same. I couldn't bear to wash ...