Sunday 20th October

Spent the day exploring the town to orientate ourselves. We have nearly four days here and Luang Prabang is not that big, all accessible on foot.
Soon realised than we were lucky to have hit the day/night of a special festival where boats are made of bamboo frame, covered with paper and decorated with dragons on top with lots of candles. These are then paraded throug the town after it gets dark, lots of banging of drums and general celebration.the whole town is alight with candles, oil lights and Chinese lanterns set into the night sky. A fantastic spectacle

Festival information

Booked a restaurant with a nice first floor balcony and watched the spectacle from there.

Craft Exibition , this one being an ethical trading company

Craft Exibition , this one being an ethical trading company

Lots of original Colonial style buildings alongside typical Laos temples , hence Laung Prabang has Unesco Heritage status

Lots of original Colonial style buildings alongside typical Laos temples , hence Laung Prabang has Unesco Heritage status

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Novice monks preparing for the celebrations

Novice monks preparing for the celebrations

Lunch

Lunch

Waiting for the off

Waiting for the off

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Candles, candles everywhere

Candles, candles everywhere

All the floats are put on the Mekong at the end. The river looks wonderful.

All the floats are put on the Mekong at the end. The river looks wonderful.

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