Here's a few snapshots from our time in Luang Prabang, Laos!
And please ignore the new green background featured in this post... I can't get it to switch back and it's driving me crazy!
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| Within an hour of setting foot in our second country, we HAD to try the traditional grub: Lap (minced chicken or pork with cilantro and other spices) and BeerLaos....delicious!! | |
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| Day 2 in Laos: A trip to the Kuang Si Waterfall |
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| Nice lil spot for breakfast |
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| The Phosy Market in LP....found it while on our rented bicyles |
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| You could find anything in this market: food, clothes, hardware, toiletries, fish, raw beef, etc etc |
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| They even had a small pharmacy section |
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| Pre-made cigarettes.... |
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| Or you could buy your own tobacco and DIY :) |
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| Mmmm....want your fish living or dead? |
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| Parking: 1,000 kip (about $0.15) |
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| The lounging/food area outside of our hostel (2nd night hostel that is, first night was a disgusting place- see my previous post with water damage/mold pics) |
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| Yummy noodles- warm-up dinner that night. |
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| The almsgiving that so greatly disappointed Katy and me |
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And now the following photo credits go to Katy:
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| At Kuang Si again |
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| We stumbled across this Bear Sanctuary run by freethebears.org. We ended up talking to an Australian guy who works for the organization for a while and we think we are going to volunteer with the bears in Cambodia! Sunbears in particular are used in Eastern medicine....they are put in small cages with a large-bore needle hooked up to their gallbladder to drain bile that is used to "cure" headaches among other things. This organization takes them out of these facilities and gives them a safe home to live in. |
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| Traditional Lao Lao barbeque...cooked in a little hole in our table...this was amazing |
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| Accompanied by as much Lao Lao whiskey as we could drink.....we stuck to two each :) |
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| Hmong night market |
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| Street buffet....all you can pile on your plate for 10,000 kip ($1.25). This was also super delicious. | | |
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All in all, our impression of Luang Prabang was a good one- be it a very quiet town, we had a great time there and ate some really good food!
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