Got here yesterday evening after another bus ride, and it is a lovely town. The road you have to take to get here is known to have bandits occasionally, so on the bus there are guys with rifles under their jackets- I didn't know what they were at first cause they're covered up and I've never really seen a rifle, so was surprised when the guy on the bus slipped it over his shoulder as he got off, a bit scary. But there were no problems, thank god. When we got here the night market was going on, its pretty touristy but there are a lot of nice handicrafts for sale, so its not the typical t-shirt and keychain crap that I hate.
Today went to the Royal Museum, wasn't that exciting but there was a display of gifts from other countries, including a plaque from Richard Nixon with some tiny moon rocks from the Appollo 11 so we thought that was funny. There was also a nice photo exhibit of monks in meditation from one of the many local temples.
Like in Vientiane, you can't shake a stick without hitting a temple, so just went to a few to avoid getting templed out too quickly. The one I posted pictures from was the best- beautiful glass mosaics on the walls picturing scenes of local life, and the golden building with all the Ramayana scenes. (I feel so art-history educated that I can recognize them! Yay school!) Luang Prabang seems like a nice place to relax, and there are several trekking or boating day trips you can take, I'm going to look into going on a rafting trip hopefully. Might rent a bicycle tomorrow and do some more wandering.
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