Luang Prabang

After the white-knuckle speedboat here we're finally in Luang Prabang. It's a beauiful city with lots of Frech influence as it used to be owned by France, so there are colourful wooden shutters on the windows and lots of french style cafes. It is beautifull with the Mekong River & the Nam Khan Rivers surrounding it, we have fallen in love with this place! People told us that Laos was like Thailand about 20 years ago but this isn't the case in Luang Prabang! In fact it's quite the opposite now with this area being a protected heriage area which is entitled to charity funds,Luang Prabang seemsmuch more developed than many Thai villages of the same size. We had a great day walking around in the sun,being tempted to buy prints from local artists and sampling LaoBeer! I love Luang Prabang and I'd thoroughly recommend it.
We took some gorgeous pictures of little boys smilling for he camera but this one is my favourite,he didn't partake in the playing but he was the most gorgeous and soulful little boy I've seen.

S xxxx