Day 8 Luang Prabang

We piled into 2 tuk tuks for the 20 minute ride out of town to visit the grave of Henri Mouhot, the French explorer who ‘discovered’ Angkor Wat. We stopped at village where many people are weavers. The house we stopped at had the whole process – silk worms eating mulberry leaves ( mulberry tea is on most menus) , 2 women using looms and a lady selling their woven things.

Some of us then hired bicycles and followed Ross around and about for an hour or so. We went through a minor industrial area on the edge of town – same as anywhere – car repair places, car sales yards, fix-it shops but with more timber yards than you would see in an Australian town.

We all did our own thing in the afternoon which for me included a swim in the pool and reading my book ( non Laos related). In the evening we watched the sun go down over the river and then had dinner at an upmarket restaurant. It was delicious, yet again.