OK, so it's only been 24 hours and 40 minutes, but I'm in LOVE with Luang Prabang! It is so peaceful and beautiful in an antique, colonial, slightly down-at-the-heels (but only SLIGHTLY!), charming sort of way (my favorite kind), rather like Antigua, Guatemala, only Asian and, like Antigua, also a UNESCO Heritage Site. There is an obvious French influence which, of course, endears it to us, but it's calm - and, unlike anywhere in Guatemala or Chiang Mai, it has great sidewalks, wide and level and freshly made with bricks :).
We are staying in a guest house with small bungalows that are built two together. To walk to the center of the city, we must cross a footbridge that we first did in the dark last night. In the light of day, it might scare a nervous sort, but it seems safe, high above the Nam Khan, a tributary to the Mekong, Beside us, in a different section of the bridge, bicycles and motor scooters zoom along, but no cars or tuk-tuks are allowed.
Footbridge over the Nam Khan River in Luang Prabang
We sampled some true "street food" last evening, under the practiced guidance of our young German friends, one a nurse and the other a naturopathic doctor. They should know what is healthy. It was delicious and very cheap. This evening we'll meet them again so that they can give Bruce some antibiotics that they happen to have on hand. We'll see if that will clear up his continuing bronchial problems. It's been a long siege. He decided not to buy any marijuana or opium that was offered to him on the riverbank one evening during our cruise!!
Freshly grilled fish served at an outdoor food stall
We are staying in a guest house with small bungalows that are built two together. To walk to the center of the city, we must cross a footbridge that we first did in the dark last night. In the light of day, it might scare a nervous sort, but it seems safe, high above the Nam Khan, a tributary to the Mekong, Beside us, in a different section of the bridge, bicycles and motor scooters zoom along, but no cars or tuk-tuks are allowed.
We sampled some true "street food" last evening, under the practiced guidance of our young German friends, one a nurse and the other a naturopathic doctor. They should know what is healthy. It was delicious and very cheap. This evening we'll meet them again so that they can give Bruce some antibiotics that they happen to have on hand. We'll see if that will clear up his continuing bronchial problems. It's been a long siege. He decided not to buy any marijuana or opium that was offered to him on the riverbank one evening during our cruise!!
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