It looked like fight might break out. We were on Phonsi Mount, a classic place for a sunset photo (so I was told) and Baseball Cap had barged in front of Wife to get a better picture. Husband wasn’t happy. A minor ruckus ensued as Husband (with Wife standing loyally beside) assertively explained to Baseball Cap that this was not on, and ended with Husband and Wife walking away with their dignity intact whilst Baseball Cap hurled abuse after them in broken English.
The place was a scrum. It’d cost 20,000K (about £1.60) to climb the stairs with hundreds of other people. Most were very considerate. Some weren’t. The Chinese didn’t come out of it well. Again. Anyway, we all (Rudy, Simon and I) managed to get some money shots:
Then over to the other side where the moon was up:
Simon suggested we head off to the street food section of the night market. We soooo need something like this in my home town: quick, fresh, tasty and really cheap. Chicken on a stick from a stall run by three sisters (another Dibbler moment):
.. eaten sat at wooden tables and benches, of varying heights, underneath makeshift shelters:
Then back through the night market:
And that was the end of my lazy day in Luang Prabang. I like the place. Until the communist takeover in 1975, it was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos, with the old town centre being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. With a laidback, touristy atmosphere, it reminded me of Hoi An and I could see why travellers would often spend much longer here than planned. After the motorbike incident (yes, much better thanks, although the bruise still hasn’t fully emerged), I’d decided to just do things the easy way. Via Phonsavan. My plans to nip up to Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoi have been placed on the reserve list. I’ve been trying to plan my days, but gave myself some real time off here – no expectations, no itinerary – just doing whatever. Looking forward to tomorrow 🙂
Total random aside: those who know me know that I don’t really do Facebook, but with some downtime I had a quick browse… until I got to this post, which made me laugh, shut down and go out:
“I like to browse social media just long enough to hate myself.”
Remember, (anti-)social media isn’t reality 😉