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