Luang Prabang Laos

Luang Prabang, a heritage listed old city. It is situated where 2 rivers merge, the Mekong and the Nam Khan rivers. In the cental city the only way to transverse across the river is by ferry and 2 bamboo bridges. There is a bridge but it's a little further out of the city.

Here is a local ferry which takes you to the village on the other side. We took our bikes over there and visited the village.


We took a tour to see Kaungsi Waterfall. It was very popular with both tourists and locals. The highlight was you can swim in the very clean water. No photos of us in our bathers!!!!







The waterfall also has a bear rescue centre with about a dozen bears rescued from different situations. They try to make the environment as natural as possible for the bears and seem to do a very good job.

It was hard to capture a good photo of the bears so here's a substitue of 3 bears ....... Hee Hee!!! Notice the bared teeth of the middle bear. Scary hey!!!





And this was a beautiful flower at the waterfall. We would have liked to capture some photos of butterflies which were plentiful, but didn't manage to.

The Guesthouse we stayed at was on the Mekong Riverside road. As it is going into the Monsoon season we had several downpours while we were there. Here is a photo of the road at the front of the guest which flooded. It was lovely to see the children having fun in the water.

One of the bamboo bridges to another village. We visited this village and saw women weaving and making paper.


Another bamboo bridge below.

Views from the temple in the centre of the city. We visited early morning and spent the next hour watching the mists lift and the views emerge. Here is a view of Luang Prabang. The buildings dont stand out as there are so many trees.

This is the view from a restaurant we ate at often. It was on the very edge of the river and the views were superb. The food was good too and the service.

View of a county road on the way to Luang Prabang.