$1= 8,550 Kip

Day 125

I arrived into Laos yesterday after a farewell to the lovely Bun Kao family and my trusty driver, who I can’t remember his name. I arrived into Luang Prabang around 3 and had no idea what I was going to do. I added Luang Prabang to my list of places to go because my friend and travel agent Jon told me that it was a good place to go. I trust him and so here I am! The city of Luang Prabang is very small and is run by the Buddhist temples and the monks. The main attraction for Luang Prabang is to visit the temples and the huge waterfalls. I chose to stay at the Spicylaos guesthouse and it has been great. I walked around the city, tried some of the street food, not as good as China, and some of the traditional drinks, (an iced bag that with a coffee flavored liquid). Laos is crazy beautiful and the people are also very friendly, but it is soo HOT!!! The host of the guesthouse took me and other guests to a local restaurant called Utopia and it was fantastic.

Inside Utopia, there is a sand beach volleyball court; the seats are either floor seating or gigantic rocks with the tables being rocks as well. It is right on the lake and it is really a great design. If only my camera was working the way that it should, then you would be able to see it…sorry.

Today I went to the waterfall called Khuangai Waterfall. My driver from the airport picked me up and we left at 9am. I arrived at the waterfall around 9:45 and started my hike up the mountain. It was so beautiful. The people did a great job of making the waterfalls and pools very accessible without disturbing the natural too much or making it extremely obvious that you are on a trail. I of course got lost and wandered a bit, but eventually made it to the very top of the waterfall and continued for another 3km to a cave. It was all worth it.

Being in the sun all day is very tiring and for the rest of the day I vegged and didn’t do much. I was about to pay my driver 20,000 Kip but he said 40. So I gave him $40. dang…I lose.


The saddest part of the trip so far has to be my interaction with the cat that lives in the guesthouse. She is a mother of some kittens but about 4 days ago the kittens were killed. The mother cat roams around all day in the guesthouse and around it, calling for it’s babies and there is no response, there will never be a response. It makes me think of just the love that this cat has, but has no clue as to where it’s kittens are. I have no idea how long she will keep it up, but it is certain that she cares.