Before leaving on our trip Tyler's parents sent us an article about Luang Prabang, Laos. The woman writing about her experience says there are some places you visit and love so much that you want to go back again and again. However, there are other places you find so intoxicating you never want to go back for fear of not returning to the same wonderful place you have in your memory. Truer words cannot have been said about Luang Prabang.
Laos has only opened its doors to tourism within the past 15 years so it remains a fairly unexplored area and probably one of the few places of its kind in the world. Unfortunately, I have no doubt that this is changing rapidly each year. Laos was once a French colony so the town of Luang Prabang resembles a quintessential village in France, but in a tropical environment where the Mekong River winds its way through the town. Luang Prabang is full of bakeries, book shops, cafes where they brew local Lao coffee, as well as restaurants with traditional Lao cuisine. This is not what you would expect coming to a communist state that is one of the poorest countries in the world, but you will be blown away. After Nepal (because it is hard to top the Himalyas) this has been our favorite place. We are entering the last month of our trip and leave tomorrow for Vietnam where the adventures will continue!
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