Luang Prabang

Our last day in Lao! Rudi was very kind or maybe he did it for him and not for me but he let me have a sleep in because I had been sick and we got up about 9am. We had some breakfast and then went back to the hotel and packed up our bags and left them in reception downstairs. We headed for the mountain in town called Mt Phousi which has lots of Buddha statues and shrines and some temples all over it. There were about 300 stairs to the top, which wasn’t too bad but considering it wasn’t really too hot, it was bloody hot climbing the mountain! There was a great view over Luang Prabang and of the river! There were some huge Buddha statues that you could up really close to that were amazing too! Was a good morning! We headed back and walked around town a little then stopped at a bakery for some lunch and a drink before we left for the airport. Rudi ordered some more river weed and I was still not great so ordered some French fries and couldn’t even manage to eat many of them! Not like me at all! We walked back to our hotel and our Tuk Tuk was waiting for us so we grabbed our bags and jumped in. the airport was only 4km away so not far at all. It was such a tiny airport, with the flights hand written on a whiteboard! Two small counters with old school scales to check in and a small waiting room. We checked in no problems and had a bit of time to relax before boarding. We walked out onto the tarmac to board our plane and the plane was the smallest plane I have ever been on. It had propellers and looked like a toy plane compared to all the others we had been on. We boarded and inside was small too! Rudi could hardly walk without hitting his head. The flight was great though and very smooth. We arrived on time and we had a driver waiting for us to take us to our hotel. It was about an hour drive to the hotel in the middle of town. We checked in walked down the street just to the next corner where we stopped for some dinner. We didn’t want to venture too far as it was dark and we didn’t know where we were and I still was not feeling great. Dinner was nice though and super cheap. We decided not to do any day tours tomorrow but just have a quieter day and explore the city at our own pace! Probably means we wont wake till lunch time! Nite.