Villa Suan Maak Luang Prabang

... to Kuala Lumpur would leave from. <br><br>The bus I had scheduled was a local bus and there was only one other Westerner aboard. There were no beds (which I knew in advance), but the seats reclined and I had my travel pillow. Despite these things, I had a terrible time trying to sleep on the bus. The worst part was that we arrived in Vientiane at 4:15 a.m. (the tourist agency promised that we'd arrive between 5:30 and 6 a.m.). the other Western girl had gotten off at Luang Prabang, so ...

... city and beyond, to surrounding forests and rice paddies. In five days I visited quite a few wats; walked thru the local market several times, where I found a lot of strange things on sale, including a pile of dead bats (no, I didn't try to find where I could taste them); the Royal Palace museum; and watched a performance of Royal Ballet Theatre. It performed segments of a classical Buddhist dance, the Ramayana. The dance and customs seems to be ...

... pretty town and the esteem in which they are held. It is something we didn&#8217;t know happened until we arrived in the town and we feel privileged to experience such a sight. <br><br>During our few days here we also visited some of the many Wats in Luang Prabang and by the end we felt a little templed out. They were all magnificent, beautifully painted with each holding huge amounts of Buddha statues, however after visiting three or four they ...

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... all of them. They are the family that work and live here at the hostel. Across from me is the lady that does the laundry for 8,000kip a kilo, there's the tuk tuk driver Dun, a few handy men I've seen working on things here and there, and the two kids that are always running around being loud. I say sabaidee to everyone and take my place on the mat. I saw the problem as soon as I entered the room. It's customary to sit Indian style to eat here. Keil doesn't do Indian style. I ...

... my teeth, I again noticed the gleaming new tile, but what I had missed on my first inspection was that the drain pipe under the sink drained to the floor! YUCK! There was a drain in the center of the floor but there was no way to avoid the slime from under the sink. Needless to say, the first thing I did the next day was find another room!<br><br> Anyway, that was not a ...

... we walked to our guesthouse along the unlit roads we were followed by a drunken escapee from the wedding who had stolen a platter of food and shouted "hello my flends" all the way back.<br><br>(Over the course of the next few days, on what should have been their honeymoon, we saw the groom engaged around the neighbourhood in various chores such as washing up, building a wall and mixing cement (for what was probably to be their new matrimonial home), but we never saw the bride again). <br>