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This is the second most-praised day-trip in LP... and I was a little afraid to go, thinking that it would be over-crowded by tourists in bikini and shorts forgetting to behave in front of Lao people not used to such decadency ^^ But it was not so crowded,...

If LP in itself is not enough, no problem : you have some day-trips just waiting for you. One of them is Pak Ou caves - 2 hours of slow boat, stop in a traditionnal village, caves, going back. Bridge to the "traditionnal" village, from the Mae Khong River...

Pha Siwisai and Pha Somphong With their bowls after the morning alms offering Here more than in Chiang Mai, it's a whole codified tradition. To my farang eyes, it looks like CM is kind of more "modern", like more relaxed about the rules. Over there, it's...

For those who who doubt that LP is a buddhist city, you just have to put one foot in the street : novices are everywhere. There are about 300 monks and novices in the peninsula - and you cannot miss it. When I arrived, I was really surprised. Not by their...

My stay in Luang Prabang is over. One day more than what was planned.. Like in Chiang Mai, there's something that... I don't know, it just gets on you and you don't want to leave. I found a really nice GH, called Nam Sok. The "boss", Mo, is a university...

At the end of the day, sharing bamboo sprouts at the village Toilet time Wan going back to the village This small house is a wedding house. A couple who wants to get married will stay there every night until the girl get pregnant. After that, they can...

Shy and silent, she will flee away 5 min later Pechong, my play mate More often than not, they just have a tee-shirt or a vest, no pants or trousers... Maybe not to make themselves dirty or maybe because it's more important to protect the upper part of...

A 17 y/o Akha who joined us on the track to his village... When for us it's a touristic trek, for them it's the way to go back home Suk (19y/o) and Wan (28 y/o) preparing the lunch, beside the waterfall Jungle bridge Lost in the bamboo fields Slash and...

Geez... I wish you could understand French. I wrote a lot on the French blog, but i will not have time (and energy) to write all of it in english again. If anyone of you have some questions or want some more details about this or that city, just drop...

anti_''.bug_fck The legacy of colonisation... petanque ! But everyone has his own style ^^ In the boat from Huay Xai to Pak Beng. Behind a mountain of backpacks, I hide with Lao people from the mass of drinking backpackers. Only 11am and they begin their...