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video by ArnuShawn: The highlight of the charming World Heritage Site Luang Prabang, Laos.
Video and description by ArnuShawn. The typical Luang Prabang morning weather continues in this part II. After the sun and the cloud finished playing their hide and seek game, what you have left is just simply the beautiful morning. Enjoy!
Video and written by ArnuShawn, it is amazing how Luang Prabang can stand still in time for over three decades. While every city in the world has charting ahead toward building a new and modern city, every tile and brick on the root top and the wall in Luang Prabang still is the original form. Not quite sure whether this is a good or bad thing for the town. For the people who grew up here and migrated to other country, there is no doubt how delightful is it to see the whole town still exactly the same, since their last farewell years ago. On the other hand, the feeling and the atmosphere are somehow just not the same anymore. Luang Prabang now is much more active than what was used to be – tranquility. The streets are filled with tourist, shops, and Tuk-Tuk. Even at night, the fear of spooky ghost that is waiting in the dark tall trees to haunt you is totally shinning away by the bright street light.
If you are from Luang Prabang, this one is especially for you. Hopefully, you get younger for a moment while seeing and hearing what this town used to be – the typical morning with the mist hugging the mountains and the harmony music singing by the birds and the roosters (and the gecko too if you listen carefully). Fortunately, those still remain unchange, but you have to wake up really early though. For people from other part of the world who plan to visit this ancient World Heritage site, come and experience the beauty and charming of what Luang Prabang has to offer.
Good morning to all of you, from Luang Prabang with all the loves. Enjoy!!!
I posted videos of Vassa Festival made by ArnuShawn in the past, and this one sounds more like a commercial. I’m not endorsing this video, but what I love about it is that it gives you a good feeling of what Luang Prabang is all about. This appears to be one of the finest guest houses in Luang Prabang – Villa Phathana.
Another temple that we visited was Wat Pa Phonphao that sits on top of a hill. It was late in the afternoon, and my dad just couldn’t imagine climbing up another flight of steps to visit the temple, especially when I mentioned that it sits on top of a mountain, but the TukTuk told us that he can drive right up to the temple. This temple is farther out from the rest, it’s about 2 miles from town, and we had to take the TukTuk to get there.
Wat Pa Phonphao was built in 1962, the temple looks somewhat modern in my opinion, but still has a touch of traditional craftsmanship at the windows and entrance of the temple. We were greeted by white cloth nuns or mai chee and the interior has murals of hell realms at the bottom portion, and heaven at the top.
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