Luang Prabang

After two days of slowboating, we are looking forward to stretching our legs in Luang Prabang. Thanks to the magic of Facebook, we learned that Trevor and Kelsey from our trek had taken the slowboat down the Mekong the previous day and are in Luang Prabang as well. We had a little trekking reunion over breakfast, and made plans for dinner and drinks.



Darcy and I did a little sightseeing, but were too cheap to pay to get into every temple and too lazy to rent bikes. But, we did pay to hike up to the temples of Phu Si, a large hill in the middle of the city. The view from up top is pretty amazing.













Luang Prabang is a beautiful city. In the mid 90’s Unesco placed the city on its World Heritage list, so the development is very regulated. As a result, Luang Prabang maintains a charming, European feel.









For dinner, the group of trekkers ate at a street side vegetarian buffet. I also had a skewer of chicken. It was delicious! And I’m sure it didn’t come from the corporate coop either.



That reminds me of a documentary I saw a few years ago called “Our Daily Bread”. The film is just images and sounds of modern food production processes. In a way, it reminded me of one of those how stuff is made clips from Sesame Street, but there is no dialog or narration, so the viewer is left to draw his own conclusions. Check it out if you get a chance (http://www.ourdailybread.at). I’m really surprised people are so ignorant of where their food comes from. All that matters is that it is cheap and tastes good, right? Ba da da da daaa…I’m lovin it!

We polished the night off with far too much Beer Lao and the brilliant idea of ordering a bottle of whiskey. Such indulgence is required since we are multimillionaires (in Lao Kip). Luaaaang PraBaaaaang…









Next, we are off to Vang Vieng for some tubing.



See all our photos here.