Stopped off at Tham Ting caves on route.
After checking into my accommodation we headed to Kuang Si waterfall park!
Lots of waterfalls and large pools for swimming, water was freezing but really refreshing.
There are more than 70 buddhist temples in Luang Prabang, i managed to visit a few.
Got up early one morning at 0500 to watch the monks daily Tak Bat, sometimes around 300 monks leave the varies monastery's very early, they walk single file with the oldest first carrying their alms bowls in front of them and lay people kneel along the route and place food in the bowls.
I was really looking forward to viewing this ritual from a distance but was disgusted by lots of other tourists who were only there for a photo opportunity and were physically getting in the way of the monks, making lots of noise, using flash cameras and were in appropriately dressed, such a shame!
Climbed the 300ish steps to the top of Mount Phousi, was going to stay to watch the sunset but it got far too crowded so left early!
Enjoyed my few days in Luang Prabang, lots of nice bars with chill out gardens, The Hive and Utopia were pretty cool, shame they close at 11pm, if you want a drink after this time everyone heads to the bowling alley for beers and funnily enough some bowling.
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