Luang Prabang Photo Gallery by spoonbender at pbase.com

Luang Prabang

So developed, you would have no idea you were in one of the poorest countries on earth. I'm certain there were more falang there than Lao when I visited. Which is fine, just making an observation. And I also really loved it. I said it then, and I'll say it again: "If I could live in Luang Prabang six months a year, I'd be a happy man."

Reclining Buddha predominates in Laos	The town from the temple at the top of the hill	The ugly American	Ticket taker	Lady Blue Snake and Buddha	I love these blue snakes
Stairway down off the temple		Will I ever learn to hold the camera level?		An alley	The other river (not the Mekong)
	Yuppie coffee shop, looking out at schoolyard		Mekong, heading out to Buddha caves	Buddha cave	Stairway to the temple at the top of the hill. Its name escapes me.
The UN is restoring this stilt house			Nice villa	Crumbling fence	Temple, flowers, monks
Not much street action on this corner		Rented a motorbike one day and went riding through the hills on these red dirt roads. Came across some cows.	The Buddha cave	Main Street, w/Jumbo and back of the Scandinavian Bakery guy	View from the hill, toward the Mekong
	Mekong again, from the hill	Cool house/shop	The haze is from slash and burn agriculture
	Stilt houses, electrified	Just outside LP	Village life

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spoonbender		31-Jul-2006 20:24
luang prabang is the best. thanks for saying you like the gallery, i feel like i did not do it justice. it's way more beautiful than these photos suggest.

russell		31-Jul-2006 02:06
have been thinking of flying to Luang Prabang from Hanoi next trip to Vietnam - these photos more or les convinced me I should take the trip - i like the way many of your photos take you down a viewing channel

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