Well Luang Prabang ( henceforth LP ) is proving to be everything that we had heard it would be. More tourist oriented than Vientiane but not over run with tourists. Beautiful city located on the junction of the Mekong and a smaller river. The hotel is comfortable and the staff are wonderful, very helpful in every respect. Our super king size bed is of the typical hard Asian type but the housekeeper put an extra layer of mattress cover on it when we asked. Bob says is is more than comparable with Hoi An in Vietnam , another World Heritage city.
We spent the day walking the city , doing some shopping at the Fair Trade shop, exploring the morning market, and planning what we wanted to do with the next few days. The restaurants here are of a better standard without going high end and the food is delicious.
On our way out to dinner last night we were inviegled into an open English Discussion Group run by volunteers. It was in an old shop and was crowded with noisy discussion groups. We were paired off with a young monk each to chat and apart from it being difficcult to hear because of the background hubub it was remarkably easy. Both boys had a good command of English already although Bob's partner was 16 and ahead of my 15year old. He was asking Bob to correct his written work as well. My young man had to leave for another committment after half an hour and another young student slid into his seat before I could blink. He was also able to sustain conversation after very short tuition, just lacked a range in his discussion. Interesting experience and a great job by the organizers.
We are planning a river trip today so more later.
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