Nine Easy Ways To Thing To Do In Laos Without Even Thinking About It

The bakery next store sells great cakes and pork buns for 5000kip ea. We used to plan ahead catch a tuk tuk out there for dinner and then desert at U Like Icecream, to make an evening of it. The boys love that place. For 6000kip serves of home made ice cream or home made yogurt, it is hard to go past U Like Icecream - a local favourite, with cute decor. (I volunteered with OPT for two months read about my volunteer experience in OPT Part 1 and Part 2 ).

Our boys enjoyed the free tour and on their many visits there, watching the silkworms grow. They provide a free tuk tuk from their OPT shops in town and a free tour when there. It is also just a great place to visit.

They also do dyeing, Hmong batik and basket weaving workshops there. Her parents just dropped her off in the morning and picked her up in the afternoon. It was fantastic and she was very proud.

I met a 12 year old whilst I was in LP who showed me the scarf she had made on a three day weaving workshop. I think Lucas would have been fine to do the whole workshop on his own, although we stayed. OPT were kind enough to give all of us a short go at weaving.

This was very pricey for us but a highlight for him it was such a great experience. Our son Lucas had a great half day workshop weaving at Ock Pop Tok. We didn't do them all on the same day but you could if you wanted.

There are three including the one on the top of the hill. The temples charge a small fee. The boys loved catching the public ferry (5000kip per adult) across the Mekong and walking to the temples there.

We had a few fun excursions which involved short treks. There is lots of space Laos thing to do - www.laostourism.info, lounge around and there are pool attendants keeping an eye on kids - although personally we don't leave them unsupervised, especially around water. We did all enjoy a great game using a laminated set of Uno cards, and we also had a hearty game of petanque (a.k.a bocce).

There are a few old children's books there and some puzzles with pieces missing. You can hire tubes there or bring your own. They will custom make simple food for the kids on request and don't permit outside drinks or food.

We ate lunch there but the meals are small and quite expensive. It offers grass hut change rooms, 2 swimming pools, 2 bars and one small slide. (A few hotels around town offer a pool only fee but most cost about US$10 pp).

It is the only private swimming pool in Luang Prabang. Of course you need to bring your own swimmers, towels, sunscreen, hats, etc. Our boys really enjoyed swimming at La Pistoche Swimming Pool and Bar.