First of all, some transport (the one on the right!) An obligatory stone structure of some sort  Surprised to see the UN had a base there  More buildings (can you tell I wasn’t in temple mode!) Then an obligatory visit…

A great town but time to move on. But first I wanted to check out the Tham Chang (aka Tham Jang) caves. Setting off from the CIA airstrip in town  And up a load of stairs to the cave entrance …

There’s no plane from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng so took the bus. Loved the scooters on top  Unfortunately, we were delayed somewhat  waiting for the road to be built  But the scenery was great en route  The former CIA…

Hired a motorbike then off to some local waterfalls (the Kouang Si waterfalls)… Apparently the first bear to have neurosurgery  The tarmac was melting. The sand thrown over didn’t really do much   One coconut down… …a pile more to…

Wandering around Luang Prabang. More temples  More slow boats on the Mekong, this time from above  Climbing Mount Phousi you go through a Buddhist monastery. This monk was fishing for mangoes  Quite a few steps up   but lots of…