We loved Luang Prabang instantly, if only for the fact that it marked the end of our boat trip. A former imperial city and current UNESCO world heritage site, the town has an instant charm. As Chris summed it up, it ticks all the boxes : Great food, great coffee, great pastries, great baguettes... For people who don't only think about food, it also has great monuments, great markets and great colonial architecture.
We stayed only a couple days but enjoyed them immensely dividing up our days between Chris' priorities and mine. Mainly we went from Breakfast to morning coffee with almost no interval, and occupied time with short strolls before heading for the night food market where we feasted on barbecued pork and noodle and rice buffets.
On the second day, we went to the nearby waterfall, a highly popular activity on account of the heat and there, were amazed with the surreal turquoise natural swimming pools formed by the cascading waters. In fact, we weren't the only ones enjoying this magical place since Jude Law and Sienna Miller were also there, snuggling by the edge of the pool. The trashies were right! I made eye contact with Sienna and it took about 5 minutes standing right next to them for Chris to understand what I was frantically whispering and gesturing about.
Our days in Luang Prabang went slowly, following the rhythm of our digestive system and we were a bit sad to leave our guesthouse, run by a very charming old man who could speak perfect french. Nevertheless, the time had come and we moved on to Vang Viang, a renown party town, quite unsure we would love it nearly as much. Well, they had better have some good baguettes at least!
Jude is far hairier than Christo so he is certain to be a source of local hilarity in V.V. if he and Sienna go there. This also happened to Lolo when he had a "massage medical" in Vietnam and the masseuse couldn't stop laughing at his hairy chest or was it because his colleague in the adjoining booth was yelling, "I love you, I love you!" at the top of his lungs?
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