monks

1. Lining up for the morning alms giving where monks parade through Luang Prabang with their begging bowls to get their food for the day.
2. Boy monks studying
3. Monks need to play too.
4. At 6:00am getting ready to get the morning offerings.
5. Young monks waiting to get into the free Internet cafe.


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luaung prabang six

1. French colonial architecture is everywhere in Lao, from tumble down french villas long abandoned to old colonial stores beautifully restored and turned into 300 dollar a night hotels, in a country where eighty percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day.
2. The royal palace of Lauang Prabang, the home of the king until he was deposed by the communist Pathet Lao in 1975. No one knows what became of the king, queen, or crown prince as the government has never announced their fate, but the local rumor is that they were left to die of starvation in a cave in the far north of Lao.
3. One of the temples on the grounds of the royal palace.
4. A Hmong woman getting ready to spread out her silks to sell at the night market.
5. The inside of a temple

luang prabang five

1. The group from my Lao cooking class
2. Monks robes drying in the back of a Wat (temple)
3. Long boats at a Wat, they are used to take monks up the Mekong to the Park Ou caves once a year for the Lao New Year ceremony.
4. Buddhist figures at the Lao National museum
5. A Buddhist shrine

luang prabang four

Pictures
1. Raw cane sugar
2. Too little kids who couldn't get over the falang, foreigner, sitting at their mothers stand eating a baguette and drinking mango juice. The little boy kept coming over to me with an empty glass and putting it in front of me, it took a minute but I finally realized the little tyke was thirsty after he grabbed my water bottle and poured himself a drink
3. Even boy monks need some time on the Internet
4. The main street of Luang Prabang at night.
5. Every bodies favorite dish, congealed cow blood

lauang prabang three

Pictures
1. At the Park Ou caves, one of the holiest places in Lao. These two caves hold thousands of images of the great Buddha, from simple hand covered lumps of clay five hundred years old to solid gold pieces carefully carved.
2. The Luang Prabang market, beetle nut, tobacco, raw lumps of cane sugar, and medicinal herbs and barks
3. Guess what, a tiger.
4. Pho, rice noodles and pork with a big bottle Beer Lao and a plate of fresh limes, chilies and cilantro to add as you like.

luang prabang two

1. The stupa above the royal palace all light up for the night
2. The great helmsman ready to take his boat up the Mekong.
3. The tenth biggest river in the world, the Mekong above Luang Prabang.
4. A great tutorial of how to make rice whisky
5. A Hmong family at the night market getting ready for the evening.

luang prabang one

Luang Prabang pictures
1. The balcony of my hotel where I got to sit every morning and evening and watch the world go by.
2. Every you look in Luang Prabang is blooming bougainvillea
3. Long tail boats on the Mekong
4. Chicken, salad, and nice water buffalo intestine all wrapped up in a nice little parcel to take home and nosh on
5. Street food