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Trip 01-06: Day 4


Day 4 (9 May)

Luang Prabang should be the highlight of this trip.

There is a morning giving alms in the town. Monks from nearby temples will march out and receive their daily giving from the civilians. Various ages of monks are involved in this daily morning alms. It was a never seen before view. Not sure if our M'sian monks have this kind of practice.

The day started with excursion around the heritage town. Luang Prabang was gazetted as world heritage due to its historical temples. The most famous temple is Wat Xieng Thong. Indeed it is a nice temple.

Since the whole day we walked around the town and visited almost very temples and wats, we got bored by the end of the day. We ended the walking tour with our last stop in Wat Phousi which is on top of a hill. The wat is accessible from the night market street. Got there and had a bird's eyes view of Luang Prabang. Was expected to have a nice sunset. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy dusk.

Dinner was at the usual place - buffet meal of 5,000 kip. Night time was shopping time to sample some souvenirs.

End of day4....








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