One of the benefits of having international visitors is getting out and seeing new things. For us, with my parents in town for 2 weeks, we were lucky enough to escape to Luang Prabang for 5 days over the Lao New Year (Pi Mai) festivities.
Luang Prabang is the tourist mecca of Laos. Surrounded by mountains, sitting on a peninsula between the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers it is in an ideal position. Couple that with the fact that it is a UNESCO protected site full of temples, the old Royal palace and it ticks all the boxes for many travellers.
We were no different. We had a wonderful 5 days staying in a lovely hotel with a pool. It is the hottest time of year in Laos and Luang Prabang was no exception. Combine the heat with a toddler and our daily routine involved an early morning expedition to a few of the must see sites followed by a lazy afternoon by the pool, and finished with a stroll through the beautiful frangipani lined, colonial streets of the old quarter.
It was one of those trips where we were pleased to be in a tourist town sampling amazing french and laos food, drinking lovely wine on the banks of the river, and enjoying some down time by the pool.
There is so much to see in the north we are hoping to get further afield later in the year but for the time being Luang Prabang was everything we were craving and more!
Elephant parade for Lao New Year
So many beautiful images in the temples
Wat Xieng Thong
Sticky Rice offerings
Chilling in the shade on the cool steps
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