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One week in northern Laos was enough for us

As already announced, the journey from Sapa/Vietnam to Luang Prabang/Laos was pure torture and strained our nerves... to the point that we were already considering continuing...

Luang Prabang, the city of sunsets.

July 28th somewhere between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang. I'm sitting in a small minivan with 14 other people, driving on a road full of potholes towards Luang Prabang. My knees...

Bye bye Australia & Hello Southeast Asia

Hello there, Here we are again, writing our new blog post from Luang Prabang in Laos 🌞🌴 Attention: There's a bit more to read 😵🤓🤓 Our last week in Australia came to a...

Luang Prabang

Since we are not allowed to check in to our hostel room until 1pm, we have plenty of time to explore the city. Luang Prabang is considered the most beautiful city in Southeast...

Laos - Luang Prabang

Our first stop in Laos was Luang Prabang. This little town in the north of the country captivated us. Everything can be explored on foot and so we used the first day to stroll...

Monks in Luang Prabang

Wow, Luang Prabang really surprised me! In 1995, the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 32 Buddhist temples and all of the French colonial architecture in the city...

Luang Prabang

After a restful night and a delicious Laotian lunch we took a short walk through the historic district of Luang Prabang. Afterwards, we sat down with our laptop in a nice cafe...

Happy New Year 2562

Buddhism is omnipresent in Luang Prabang, the spiritual center of Laos. The Buddhist calendar is 543 years ahead of our Gregorian calendar. In April, the Laotians...

Laos: Slowboat & Luang Prabang

Oh, beautiful Laos. We didn't have many expectations when we crossed the border into Laos. But the few expectations were definitely exceeded, because it's incredibly beautiful...

Berge, Berge, Wasserfälle

Die Fahrt nach Luang Prabang war genauso holprig und serpentinenreich als die Letzte, aber diesmal waren wir es ja gewöhnt. Wir hielten an einem tollen Aussichtspunkt....

Luang Prabang, a great city

We had read and heard a lot of positive things about Luang Prabang, so we were curious about what makes the city so special that everyone raves about it. And now we're raving...

Visiting Mr. Kit

Mr. Kit is about 1 year old and weighs a proud 250 kg, has quite wrinkled skin, blows a lot around the area, loves to eat bananas and loves to splash around in the water. He...

Oh you beautiful Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang, a manageable town with countless temples and countless monks. It is practically orange dominated! They are simply everywhere. This place was once again relaxed,...

Laos - Taking the slow boat on the Mekong to Luang Prabang

My journey from Pai in Thailand across the border to Laos by bus to Luang Prabang was very diverse and exciting. First, we took a minivan for about 9 hours to the small village...

Day 134 Wait until the rain stops

A bit of sightseeing in our city

Luang Prabang and surroundings

We start our Laos adventure in Luang Prabang with the Kuangsi Waterfall, food at the Night Market, and a scooter tour of the area.

# Luang Prabang

The past 3 days we were in Luang Prabang - Laos. Laos used to be a French colony and its effects can still be seen today. Not only are the houses influenced by French style, but...

LUANG PRABANG

Tuesday 14.11.(110km/ 1000 hm) Today we plan 110 km to Luang Prabang. It doesn't look really hilly on the map, but it was constantly up and down...phew... So when we...

Luang Prabang

On January 22nd, we arrived in Luang Prabang by slow boat. We stayed in Luang Prabang for 5 days. During those 5 days, we explored the city, met new people, visited the...

Luang Prabang, Laos

Luang Prabang, as mentioned before, is the old royal city. The architecture and the many cafes clearly show that Laos was a former French colony. We treated ourselves to a nice...

Nächtliches Abenteuer & der Kuang Si Wasserfall.

At 03:40 AM in a foreign city. 2.7 km on foot to the hostel, half an hour walking.

Slowboat from Chiang Khong to Luang Prabang

We arrived yesterday in Luang Prabang. From Chiang Mai to Chiang Khong we got with a minibus. We stayed one night and in the morning we took 4h to cross the boarder from...

Die letzten Tage in Laos.

08.+09.03.2019 Not much happened in these two days. However, on the evening of the 09th, I had a big problem exchanging my money into Thai currency. It was too late, so I had...

And back to Kuang Si Waterfall again!

Today we went back to Kuang Si Waterfall, but this time without any time pressure.

#Tag 36 + 37 + 38: Mekong

The last 3 days Steffi and I were on our way from Pai to Luang Prabang. For this we took a minivan to Chiang Khong. There we slept directly on the Mekong in a guesthouse, from...