Luang Prabang is known as the prettiest town in Laos. We could definately see the potential, however we arrived as the locals were celebrating their new year (to them it is the year 2552)... absolutely mental!!! They celebrate by having 5 days of water fights. You cannot walk along the street without being soaked by water guns, hoses or buckets, or being covered in powder or black grease.... even when you are carrying your big backpack and trying to find a hostel to stay in... no one escapes it!!!
After a good nights sleep we woke up, went out on to the streets, armed oursleves up with our own water pistols and joined in the festivities. We have never experienced anything like it, it was brilliant. All the kids would be out, some so young their water pistols were bigger than them, and as for the adults... they got more carried away than the kids!!!! What a great way to celebrate new year!
We also visited the waterfalls here, again due to it being new year it was manic and not as tranquille as we had hoped but it was still definately worth the visit. It was so pretty and formed gorgeous turqouise pools at the bottom that you could swim in. A nice way to cool down and escape the humidity.
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