blissmargaret: Xiang Thong, the main drag
blissmargaret: Night Market
blissmargaret: Fixins for fruit shakes at the Night Market
blissmargaret: Finished product
blissmargaret: We enjoyed a nice chicken dinner (with Beer Lao) for about $7
blissmargaret: Participating in alms ceremony in my pajamas at 6:15 a.m.
blissmargaret: With wet season coming to an end, the bamboo bridge across the Khan goes back up
blissmargaret: Khan Nam
blissmargaret: Statues encountered on our morning hike up Phousi Hill
blissmargaret: Flowers, real and sculpted
blissmargaret: On top of Phousi Hill looking down at the Khan
blissmargaret: That Chomsi
blissmargaret: Buying a small toy for Jude from vendors on Phousi
blissmargaret: Cell phone break near monks' quarters on walk down Phousi
blissmargaret: Boat to lunch across the Khan
blissmargaret: We enjoyed our lunch
blissmargaret: Jude giving hug after lunch
blissmargaret: Tuk-Tuks parking area
blissmargaret: We took a short tuk-tuk ride to our boat to the Pak Ou Cave (guide Sang--half of him anyway--is in the foreground)
blissmargaret: Monks on the Mekong
blissmargaret: We reached this village by boat
blissmargaret: Boy in basket in Ban Xang Hai (Whisky Village), a village on the Mekong near Luang Prabang
blissmargaret: Textiles for sale in Ban Xang Hai
blissmargaret: Monks painting dragon bannister in Ban Xang Hai
blissmargaret: Boat ride on the Mekong
blissmargaret: Jude exploring Pak Ou Cave
blissmargaret: Cave Buddhas
blissmargaret: Dock on Mekong across from Pak Ou Cave, just down from restaurant where we had lunch
blissmargaret: Mekong traffic