Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage centre
While some people decide to skip Vientiene or/and Vang Vieng, noone visits Laos without stopping by the charming little town of Luang Prabang. The entire peninsula surrounded by Mekong and the Nam Khan is UNESCO protected along with its numerous Wats and French colonial buildings.
Traveling in Luang Prabang isn’t about trying to visit all the attraction. It’s about enjoying the laid-back traveling life. The heat probabbly also has something to do with it too though. We spent all and all about 5 days or so in the city itself. First day we rented a bike and went around the town visiting several Wats and with extra time to kill, we went a bit further and visit some of the outerlying markets. At night we visited the nightmarket and stopped by a cafe where they showed free movies and enjoyed the godly AC. After some time of fan-rooms, the luxury comfort that airconditioning brings is such a blessing. The next day we met up with some other people and all chipped in for a shared taxi towards the waterfalls of Tat Kuang Si. I’ve seen waterfalls before, but never really swimmed in one before and especially one with multi-tiered cascades tumbling into menthol green pools. In the lower pools it is possible to take a refreshing cool dip. Especially a great way to cool off during the hot days. Oh and of course there is a swing at one of the bigger pools as well. Afterwards you can hike all the way to the top of the waterfall. To be honest, the view wasn’t really that amazing, but it was a nice little hike. The visit took a whole day/afternoon out of us though since the drive up there itself took an hour. At night we just chilled again, wandered around the nightmarket and checked in at the movie place again.
