Luang Prabang

Main Street of Luang Prabang

Waterfalls 

Nestled between two rivers in the heart of Northern Laos, Luang Prabang is Paris in the jungle. Tangerine robed monks walk between golden temples and whitewashed French Colonial architecture. In the middle of the world heriage listed peninsular there is a steep climb to a wat (temple) on a hill from which you can watch the sun dip behind the limestone peaks that overlook the Mekong. On Monday with six others I had met on the boat we took a tuk tuk out to the waterfalls, turquoise blue (i assume from their high calcium carbonate content?) cascades that tumble over flowstone within the jungle. We trekked up the falls before swimming in the cold waters of the lower pools.





Life is not always so sublime though, I have been confined to my bed all day after becoming ill, with what I think is food poisoning. Hopefully it will pass and I will be able to continue on my journey soon.