Colour is the first of Luang Prabang’s virtues to greet travellers.
Pearly frangipanis with their heady perfume, banks of overgrown trees
peppered with scarlet flowers, the burnt sienna robes of hundreds of
monks and their novices, and resplendent gold and claret wats. The scent
of fresh coffee, river activity, produce markets and spicy food soon
follows. And then the broader aesthetics begin to unfold. Encircled by
mountains, and set 700m above sea level at the confluence of the Nam
Khan (Khan River) and the Mekong River, Luang Prabang is now Laos’
foremost tourist showpiece. The brew of gleaming temple roofs,
crumbling French provincial architecture and multiethnic inhabitants
captivates even the most jaded travellers, and the quiet benevolence of
the city’s residents lulls them into a somnambulant bliss. Monday, August 6, 2012
Introducing Luang Prabang
Colour is the first of Luang Prabang’s virtues to greet travellers.
Pearly frangipanis with their heady perfume, banks of overgrown trees
peppered with scarlet flowers, the burnt sienna robes of hundreds of
monks and their novices, and resplendent gold and claret wats. The scent
of fresh coffee, river activity, produce markets and spicy food soon
follows. And then the broader aesthetics begin to unfold. Encircled by
mountains, and set 700m above sea level at the confluence of the Nam
Khan (Khan River) and the Mekong River, Luang Prabang is now Laos’
foremost tourist showpiece. The brew of gleaming temple roofs,
crumbling French provincial architecture and multiethnic inhabitants
captivates even the most jaded travellers, and the quiet benevolence of
the city’s residents lulls them into a somnambulant bliss. 
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