TUN Day 7: 03/02/09 - Luang Prabang

This's the view from the window of the guesthouse. That's Nam Khan (Nam means river in Lao), which will join the Mekong River further downstream.This is Nam Khan further downstream, where we would swim later.
We wanted to visit the Royal Palace Museum but being a Tuesday, it was closed. Tuesday is some big day for the royal family, so the theatre wasn't open either. I was rather listless that morning cause my left arm hurt, presumably from carrying my backpack. So i stuck those salon pas pads on my arm in an attempt to relieve the pain.
Seven-headed naga balustrades are a common feature.
Like Thailand, every eating place in Laos has lots of condiments.
This's the guesthouse where we stayed, off the main road. We went back coz we wanted to change into our swimming clothes.
Swimming in Nam Khan. This photo looks fuzzy because my cam was in a zip lock bag. My first swim in a river. We had to pay some money to cross the bridge so that we can reach the other side to swim, when we could actually have done it at the back of the guesthouse. Pretty dumb of us...
In the evening, we climbed Mount Phousi. Steps are horrible. I wasn't even halfway up and i felt tired.
Luang Prabang from the top of the hill.
The view was worth it. The top was pretty crowded coz everyone was like us, wanting to catch the sunset.
Sun setting behind the faraway mountain.
And we visited the night market at the foot of Mount Phousi after that. This was taken at the stall selling Lao whisky, or sticky rice wine. Pretty nice, it was very sweet and the alcohol content was high. 13%. There was another one with a alcohol content of 50%.

There was the only full day that we stayed at Luang Prabang, not really enough time actually. Not really sure if i'll go back there again but other parts of Laos seem interesting enough to warrant a visit.