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Loung Phabang

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Alex and I tried very hard to catch the local bus to Louang Phabang, but they wouldn't let two white girls buy tickets - instead we ended up with a bunch of tourists on the VIP bus ... I was actually supposed to sit in the aile, because their was no seats left when we got to the bus station ... but I got lucky and snatched one anyways : ) Once we arrived, the Canadian from the day before and a girl from Hong Kong, joined us and we negotiated a group discount at a lovely hotel downtown. Loung Phabang is surrounded by lofty, green mountains and cut by the swift Mekong river. A tiny mountain kingdom for more than a thousand years and designated World Heritage site sine 95, with many red- roofed temples and French-Indochina architecture. So far one of my favorite town in South East Asia - also because of my visit to Wat Xiang Thong - the most historic and enchanting Buddist monastery in the all of Laos! Monkhood (not sure if this a word) is much different over here than in the west. M