Monastery

Laung Prabang, Laos

When we arrived in Luang Prabang I thought it was going to be the Sovereign Hill of Laos, but it is just a really well restored town, with a fair bit of authenticity (the Soveriegn Hill of our travels has been Lijang in Yunnan, China). Lots of Temples, Monks and Hill Tribes, with a touch of pepsi maximum. Nice to be on the Mekong again and see a little more of this river. Luang Prabang sits smugly above the river on a peninsula where a tributary feeds the Mekong. The other side of the Mekong was not restored and prepared for tourism but had some temples in disrepair with beautiful frescoes.







We went on a one day trek up the hills to see some of the hill tribes and managed to loose a few litres of water via every pore in my body.

Flowers and Butterflies in Laos