Day 71 and 72 – In and around Luang Prabang - Sun 5 and Mon 6 May

Day 71 and 72 – In and around Luang Prabang - Sun 5 and Mon 6 May

Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrated by visiting Kuang Si waterfall and swimming in its icy cold water. Bonus to find the Rescue Centre and its Asian black bears in the national park.  Watched bear in hammock defending spot from a would-be interloper.   

Next morning made the effort to get out of the comfy hotel bed at daybreak to view the alms giving procession to monks, then on to fascinating morning food markets: live sparrows in tiny cages (buy to eat/keep/or set free!) live fish in tanks, cockroaches, crickets, frogs (all still live), fruit, vegies, pork and poultry.

Guy and Cheryl left Monday for one last Laos National Park, the rest of us will leave tomorrow to meet with our fifth member Jon and Jude and to have our final pow-wow before crossing the Chinese border to meet our guide.