Bye to Luang Prabang

A young monk on his early morning alms-run, and yes that's an elephant in the background!

I'm still wading through the mass of photos I took on my recent 2-week visit to Laos with my brother Tim, as we traversed across that beautiful country from the northwest province of Luang Namtha down to the Four Thousand Islands in the very south and all points in between. In closing the Luang Prabang section, here's a few photos from our early morning start to see the monks receiving alms from the residents (and tourists) on LP's main thoroughfare, Th Sisavangvong, though we were late and only caught the back-end of the very last group of monks at 6am. We also climbed Phousi Hill and joined the backpacker hordes on top to watch the sunset across the river. There's a couple of wats on top but nothing to shout home about, though the views are pretty. And then we were on our way south to Vang Vieng for a night before heading for Vientiane. More later.

A common sight in Luang Prabang at 5.30am every day

Ok, that's it, the monks head for home with their pots full to brimming

Our lunchtime restaurant gave us a perfect view over the Mekong River

Tired of photos of me? Well here's my brother Tim on the banks of the Mekong. Hasn't he got big hands?

On top of Mount Phousi and looking east along the Nam Khan River

En route to Vang Vieng and the beautiful scenery to be savoured