Showing posts with label Luang Prabang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luang Prabang. Show all posts

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Kuang Si Falls near Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang didn't seem to offer us too much. It's been great to meet my younger brother once again and spend bits of quality time together.The Kuang Si waterfalls near Luang Prabang (about an hour on a tuk-tuk) were quite spectacular as some of the following pictures will show.

Kuang Si Falls - enlarge this one :)
Kuang Si Falls with Frognector
One other highlight of Luang Prabang had been a pretty good vegan (so I hope) buffet where you pay for one plate that you can fill up with loads of yummy veggies, tofu, pasta, rice and unidentified objects the same as you'd pay for the much smaller and poorer dishes you'd usually get in restaurants.
I could further write about the only bar in Luang that seemed to attract people and how, since it closes at 23:30, all beer-thirsty tourists head on to the bowling alley. But it's just not that interesting. Enjoy the pictures :)
Some leafs are bigger than others

Drip drip drip goes the water
Bear with me please


Never saw so many ants on a log, wowwwww....


The guy at the back, wearing his Osama Bin Laden shirt, seems
very happy to have raised our interest.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Into Laos on a Boat

A cock in Chiang Khong - a sleepy Thai border town
It has been three days of traveling from Pai, Thailand into Luang Parbang, Laos. One day exchanging buses in Thailand and two more days on a slow boat after crossing the border to Laos. While having a slow boat on the Mekong may sound cool, it's not that amazing. The view is really beautiful but quite monotonous. The boat is filled with falangs (foreigners) as the locals prefer the cheaper and faster buses nowadays. Felt a little bit like a college class trip.

Enjoy the pictures.
Frognector taking in some Mekong breeze


Feels a bit like a class trip for falangs (foreigners) herded into Laos

Cattle transported on the Mekong

The bulls didn't pay for their boat ride but I doubt
they'd be happy when they reach their destination

Only at the end of the last day we realized the boat's
roof can be opened so as to allow soaking in more sky

Mekong beach