We all have our own reason, as to why we choose to take off and remove
ourselves from our regular life routine.
Some like to take a holiday for a week or so, stay in one location and
simply relax and enjoy the resort. Others may choose to travel and utilise different modes of transport and explore several
towns and cultures.
I wanted to visit a place that I'd heard of back in 1991 from when I meet an
eighteen year old female Canadian traveller in Nepal. She was travelling solo; I was
twenty-one and travelling with a friend.
I was intrigued by her and her travels.
The opportunity arose at the end of 2013, when I was going to Bali and then
on to Malaysia to explore the destination and view some hotels. Laos was only a 2 hour 45minute flight away from Kuala Lumpur, that would take me to Vientiane the capital. I'd then sit at the airport cafe for a few hours before boarding a forty-five minute flight to arrive into Luang Prabang. Laos was that long awaited destination.
To get to Laos there is no direct path from here, it is bit of a hop-skip and
jump either via Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia or Thailand. But this was an opportunity and it was the UNESCO
town of Luang Prabang, that I wanted to experience and that's what I did for ten
days.
Sure, I doubled up on visiting the night market, having a g&t at a café or restaurant
along the Mekong or Nam Khan Rivers before dinner or walking in and out of
stores pondering their wares and where to spend my money. The expats
are prevalent in town, but so are the opportunistic locals. Designer clothes and home wares to delicious croissants, were all there for purchasing, as well as home-stitched clothing or a serving of sticky
rice (eaten with your fingers of course!).
Having the joy and freedom to consume my breakfast, lunch and dinner at any
time and at any location, there was only so much aimless gazing I could do. I started to click photos of all that I was
observing. I was on this journey alone,
so I embraced living in the moment and called this moment “On My Bum” as that’s
what I was doing, sitting on my bum as I clicked these and other pics during my breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Enjoy!
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| Vientiane Airport cafe |
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| Sakkaline Road |
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| Sakkaline Road |
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| Kitsalat Road |
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| Kitsalat Road |
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| Ock Pop Tok Textiles - fairtrade village |
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| Elephant Village Sanctuary |
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| Shangri-Loa expedition up the Nam Khan River |
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| Sakkaline Road |
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| a Tad Sae Waterfall cafe |
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| located between Nam Khan River & Sakkaline Road |
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| The owner of the cafe |
Ps. Not on my bum, but the sounds they generate
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