No Wonder She Said "no"! Learn How To Thing To Do In Laos Persuasively In Five Easy Steps

Vientiane was also surprisingly wired, though not in the literal sense of the word. Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies.

The slow travel everywhere was super frustrating though! We loved the sandwiches and northern Laos is gorgeous. Gave me a real big flashback of our time there reading this.

These 50 things are so so so true! We'll have to check out some of these things when we go! It's hard to not feel the distress of the people and villagers around town who cannot plough a field or hammer in a fence post without the very real danger of encountering unexploded ordnance.

The area surrounding Phonsavan (including the Plain of Jars) is the most heavily bombed area in the world. While this seems like common sense, it is still necessary to remind people to not touch the monks and give them plenty of space. Limit yourself to only a few shots (I, myself, only took 3 before putting the camera away and simply observing).

Do not interfere with the ceremony. Our best advice: pick a street, take some distance, wait and observe. This ceremony is, sadly, getting some bad press since a lot of tour guides and a lot of people are using it as a chance to get a selfie with a monk and to chase them around.

Really?), you might get the chance to observe the ceremony of Tak Bak early in the morning. Still in Luang Prabang (I know… more? Donations to the bear sanctuary are more than welcomed.

Around Kuang Si you will also find a bear sanctuary as well as a butterfly park. The first tier of the fall you will visit will most likely be empty, get shooting there before heading for the next tiers! Loved that photo - especially the vibrancy of the colors.

I'm heading to Luang Prabang and very interested in crafts/textiles? Where is the weaving photo from though? I stuck with Beer Lao, which I happen to adore.

Laos is known for its coffee too so be sure to get a couple cups. He also found the food to be VERY tasty at Tamarind, down by the river. He really couldn't get enough of it. Yuck!

My husband loved this stuff though. Especially the riverweed (made locally from the weeds growing in the (ahem, brown) rivers. I must admit that the food in Laos was not my favorite.

There are various other arts-and-crafts shops but none that are that unique. I ran out of the shop when they nudged the bottle in my direction. It's disgusting really, they forced my husband to sniff the bear-foot whiskey and it nearly laid my husband out.

Many of these animals are endangered and by sampling this stuff you're supporting the wrong message. Stay away though from the whiskey that has snakes, bears, bugs and more, fermenting inside the bottles. Sample some if you're brave enough.

Stop here for a bit and see how local Laos Tourist Information Whiskey is made.