Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Luang Prabang - Laos

We took a very scary bus ride to Luang Prabang that took 10 hours! It was a rainy day and we were high up in the mountains, and the roads were very slick. We saw 4 accidents of flipped over buses and cars, but that didn't slow down our crazy driver!
Luang Prabang is a very quiet city, and the old capital of Laos. There are MANY monks and wats throughout the city. We spent our days walking and biking around. At night, there is a huge night market that sets up, it is very peaceful as Laos are not aggressive sellers. It was a nice place to basically end our trip to Laos.



The Mekong River



Monkville!



The view from a wat that was up a small mountain




It is said that Buddha walked into this cave!

Monks taking a bath in the river



Kids playing in the street

Sunset over the Mekong



The famous night market





Kids playing next to the Mekong


Monks lining up in the EARLY morning to collect food



Getting on our SLOW boat up the Mekong to start way out of Laos-



Mekong! We were on the boat for a total of 18 hours split over two days.



We passed many small villages along the way



Arriving to Thailand!

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