Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang is a very nice town somewhere in Laos. It has a nice market, some wats and some good bars we later went to. The first night had an impact on us making us sleep-in the next morning. After grabbing some breakfast we looked at the major wats being nothing special after those in Thailand and got on a pick-up taking us to a very amazing waterfall. It has to major drops after which some smaller drops form cascades leading the blue water down the river. We climbed up to the very top and jumped into the pools where the water dropped into. In the second pool a swing made it easy for everbody to enter the water.After we came back to Luang Prabang we climbed the small local mountain with a wat on top, sitting down and looking at the sunset being destructed by some annoying mosquitos. Later we enjoyed some Beerlao (very good) and got to bed to travel to Vang Vieng the next morning. One of the best things was that we paid for a fan room only and managed to get the airconditioning running being in our room (Two smart persons, an engineer and a tourism manager, what do you expect :). The journey to Vang Vieng was very beautiful offering a breathtaking scenery. For the first time we decided for a more expensive way to travel - a minibus - because the route from Luang Prabang via Vang Vieng to Vientiane (the capital) used to be very dangerous. And eventhough we again saw some machine guns on the way we were to experience some great days in Vang Vieng.