This hotel is owned by Laos' last king's daughter and is an amazingly pleasant place to stay. There are local antiques in the rooms, and butterfly-filled gardens with wicker lounges. The hotel staff strummed a guitar for many lovely hours. We ate in an outdoors restaurant under leafy bamboo. Monks sweeping the monastery grounds at dawn in Luang Prabang.
Monks leave their temples at sunrise to gather their day's rice from villagers.
Here they are returning, pots full. We first heard these enormous drums at 4am in Luang Prabang. They also beat them during the day. A monk in Luang Prabang. In a few months this temple will fool most tourists into thinking it is another of Luang Prabang's ancient sites.