Luang Prabang....the secret waterfall

The next day we went to the Kouangxi waterfalls that every Tuk Tuk driver tried to sell us a ride to, once we got there we could see why. It was huge, with sky blue aqua pools of clean water surrounded by Jungle. Friends of ours had visited the day before and discovered a pool at the top, so we trekked up but couldn’t find it. After some further investigation and climbing up part of the water fall we found the elusive pool, which was also the home that day to many many young monks jumping from ledges into to the water. Dave and Aman joined them, it was an incredible scene of Monks and Falang swimming together on the edge of a very high waterfall.

At the bottom of the falls

Trying to find the pools we'd heard about but couldn't for the life of us find

Found them, but it was a mission getting there

 

We found it, but so had the monks -  we gladly shared

Can you spot the flying Monk?

Another flying Monk

 

Sitting on the edge!

Overall Luang Prabang (which is the old capital and a UNESCO city) was chilled, cultured and an easy place to let the days slip by. Dave and I ended up staying almost a week after delaying our bus to Phonsovan due to the onset of a midnight illness Dave suffered and is still sleeping off. It’s nice to be able to cross the street easily, enjoy the cool nights, eat delicious food from not just Laos but from all over the world not to mention spending time browsing English books. We recommend the town to anyone keen to come to Laos.

Luang Prabang at night

Amelia, Dave, Aman and Jurian our for dinner