Luang Prabang 1/24

Slept under a mosquito net for the first time in my life. It was actually nice, like in a cocoon. In the morning I went to JoMa, a very popular expat café for coffee and good internet, from there to find Laurie and Florence’s hotel – Residence Luang Prabang. They found it via Trip Advisor and it’s a good one. While they went to climb Mount Phoussy, I went to my meeting at TAEC – with Tara, Khoun and Alicia. It was great to finally meet them face to face after years of emails and skyping. We had luch in TAEC café – lots of small ethnic dishes. After that back to my room for a little rest and to check out the roof terrace. I met Jean Luc, the Swiss architect who is running the gallery with Rik. And then out again – walked to the end of the peninsula to War Xieng Tong and back along the Nam Khan river. It was a pretty long walk, but full of beautiful views. I am happy to say that LP has retained its charm. In the evening, Florence, Lurie and I had wine on the roof terrace and watched the sunset and then we walked through the night market to the Coconut restaurant for dinner. Met a couple of Polish kids in the market and a polish woman with her English husband in Coconut. Of course, we had to walk back through the night market after dinner, too. It’s just impossible not to buy something …