05/06/13
I had a lie in then went and grabbed a baguette for breakfast with Dave and Claire. We went separate ways once we had finished, I headed for the Royal Palace which was the main residence of King Sisavang Vong (1905-1950) but it has now been turned into a museum which was very interesting. I continued my wander round the town by walking along the river until I came to Wat Xieng which is Luang Prabang's best known monastery but it really wasn't anything special. By now I had decided I need a break so I found a nice cafe which also had a library of books you could buy/trade, I ended up spending an hour and a half there. I left because I got hungry as it was now 14.00. After my chicken noodle soup I climbed the 300 steps up to Phu Si a 100m high hill with a 24m stupa on top, the views were amazing, you could see miles in every direction. Later on I went up there again with everyone else to watch the sunset but it was far to cloudy to see anything by then.
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| Wat Xieng |
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| View from the hill |
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