The Grand Luang Prabang Hotel & Resort
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Travel Blogs from Luang Prabang
Eating and Dancing
In 1975 with the rise of the Communist state, the Lao royal family was exiled to somewhere in eastern Laos. Our local guide claims no one knows where they were sent or whether any are still alive. The French-built royal palace is now The National Museum. Much of what was in the palace is still there - furniture, gifts, paintings, etc. - but …
Discovering and Giving
And I thought I had seen a lot of Buddhas by now.
We started today with a brief walk through the morning market where everything, our guide told us, can be purchased. (Except diet Coke - ed.) Entire plucked chickens - heads and feet still attached - and both live and barbequed fish as well as huge quantities of produce and some household …
Watching and Weaving
The silence was almost complete as residents of Luang Prabang gave alms to their local monks. At 6:30 every
morning, almost 400 monks, colourful in their orange robes, walk a three-kilometre route to collect sticky rice and other food to sustain them. Older monks walk at the front of the queue with younger monks called novices - as young …
Cooking and Moving
Thai spring rolls. Pad Thai. Green chicken curry with coconut milk. Mango with sticky rice. Mmmm. All these we made today at the Baan Thai Cooking School. First we met with our instructors, then walked to the market where we learned about the the necessary ingredients while the hosts purchased them. We then donned aprons and headdresses (to keep …
Laos from north to south
Hi all, We left northern Thailand and took the land border crossing at Chiang Khon to Laos. The queue at immigration was ridiculous, people pushing and shoving all over the place to get their papers to the officers....they wouldn't get away with that in England! We decided to take the slow boat from the Laos border to the northern city of Luang …
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- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Business Services
- Free parking