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March 02, 2005
Laos | Luang Prabang part 2 | 17 Feb 2005
This time round in Luang Prabang, we decided to ACTUALLY SEE the city… when we were there last time, we just did activities, shopped at the markets and booked tickets without even going to the peninsula.
We walked around the entire town, stopping at many of the Wats, talking with some of the Novice Monks, enjoying the serenity of the town. We went to some Sa Paper shops (recycled, handmade paper), walked around the entire peninsula and even had one hour Swedish-Lao massages at the Lao Red Cross (worth doing! $3!).
On the way up to Phusy Mountain, we saw a non-competition, spare-of-the-moment cock-fight flare up! You don’t see that on the streets everyday…. They went at it for a few minutes, before the peacemaker dog ran in to break it all up….hehehe
Finally we went up Phusy Mountain to see the sun set, reaching the top to find a hundred other tourists with the same idea – it was impressive nonetheless.
On this auspicious occasion – the last night in Luang Prabang and our last night together as a travelling gang, we did the BBQ at DragonGirl again, pleasing us muchly once again!
However, this beautiful day was beset by 24 hours of problematic technology for me… When I went to play a DVD that night, I found my drive had gone Kaput! Secondly, I lost, or someone stole, my digital camera bag (including my newly purchased additional battery, doh!) This was a real pain, but at least I didn’t lose any data (unlike Silke, who forgot a roll of film in Muang Ngoi Neua).
The following day, the girls flew to Chiang Mai (to travel to Pai for some more trekking) and I caught a local bus back to Vang Vieng.
Posted by Dan at March 2, 2005 09:40 AM
Comments
Most interesting reading all 7 of these latest logs. And, great photos as well. Have forwarded all on to Bunny - still in Sydney. Set aside your thoughts re pdf prints from QUARK until I return to OZ 19 Mar.
Posted by: Liz Sloan at March 2, 2005 09:59 PM