Around the World in 174 Days - Part 4 - Luang Prabang and Onward
As usual, all images can be located: Luang Prabang and Huang Xi HERE Vang Vieng and Elephant Sanctuary HERE Vientiane HERE Sabaidee! So, not the arrival in Luang Prabang that we had hoped for but, there we were, dropped of at The Ancient Luang Prabang Hotel. In common with many of the buildings in Luang Prabang the hotel had a very colonial French feel about it. Laos was a French Colony until 1953 and we saw more French tourists there than we have seen in any other place except France! The first thing we saw when we arrived were armed soldiers on the street corner directly outside our hotel. We were initially concerned until we realised we had stumbled across a film set which was a relief! We were in the grandly named “King” room which was a good size (as the name would suggest). It had the most unnecessarily large jacuzzi behind the bed and a spacious wooden balcony overlooking the street. We had a very brief look around the to...