I got up at 5:15 this morning to see the monks walk through the streets of Luang Prabang taking offerings from the locals in exchange for their blessings. The sea of orange was spectacular and great to watch. I then had breaky on the water front and helped the waiter with his English homework (well by helped I mean I did it for him for which he seemed very grateful!). It was hot and sunny and I spent the day wandering around the streets following the lonley planet walking tour. I finished the walk at the night market where I bought a great painting of a tree then made my way back to the hotel to meet the boys. We walked down to the 'sunset bar' where the Mekong meets the Nam Kahn river and admired the sky changing colour over a cold Lao beer.
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| The monks offering their blessings |
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| The monks offering their blessings |
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| There are lots of really young looking monks |
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| The monks offering their blessings |
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| Little guy checking out his takings |
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| Kids checking out their goods |
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| There are plenty of women trying to sell things for the tourists to give the monks like sticky rice in order to receive a blessing |
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| Kids checking out their goods |
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| Alfresco dining |
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| My hotel :-) |
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| This little boy and his dog lived at our hotel, very cute! |
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| My hotel |
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| The streets of Luang Prabang |
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| One of the amazing temples |
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| The main street of Luang Prabang |
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| The Nam Kahn river |
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| The Nam Kahn river |
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| Temple |
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| There are 2 little live birds in each of these cages that tourists can buy to release at the temple on the top of the hill for good luck |
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| The Mekong river |
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| The streets of Luang Prabang |
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| Cutey |
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| One of the temples |
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| Kids playing in a tree outside the school at lunch time |
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| The Nam Kahn river |
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| Setting up for the night market |
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| Setting up for the night market |
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| Frangipani flowers everywhere, smelt amazing! |
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| Sunset |
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| The bridge we crossed to get to the 'sunset bar' |
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