Before arriving I had heard of Luang Prabang being compared to Hoi An in Vietnam. While this is true in that they are both world heritage cities with beautiful old buildings, we rank Luang Prabang much higher. The Lao people here contribute to the town having this amazing relaxed atmosphere. Even walking through the night market is a tranquil event, rather than the hectic hustle and bustle of other night markets in SE Asia (see pic below).
At the night markets there are beautiful silks, handicrafts, bags and almost anything one would need to tastefully decorate their house. It was so hard not to buy any of these products as the cycling bags dont have much spare room.
We planned to stay in Luang Prabang for 3 nights, but that quickly turned into 5. The guesthouse we stayed at was one of our nicest so far, with a great communal area to met other travellers. From now on we are going to make sure our guesthouse has a communal area as this seems to be our main way of meeting people. With a British guy, Canadian women and Irish guy we met, we spent a fun day at the near-by waterfalls. These waterfalls were stunning with many different levels of pools to swim in (see pic below).
Even though we were both still struggling with our stomach problems, we had a great time in Luang Prabang. It is definately a must for anyone heading to South East Asia!!
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