Day 45
Feel so much better today, my necks still sore and I still feel hot but the dizziness has gone and I've got a bundle of energy. We have breakfast on the main road and have a little explore before I start to over heat and Ben fancies a snack (yep, that close to breakfast). We decide it's too hot to do anything other than sit in Utopia so we spend the afternoon reading books and listening to the river runs past. Our blissful afternoon is disrupted at 3pm as it's get too hot even in the shade, the temperatures reach 40 and just take so long to cool down. We go back to the room to freshen up as tonight we are going to the market in search of a mystical food market.
From 6pm, the main street in Luang Prabang, Sisavangvong Road, is closed and fills up with stalls selling clothes, books, souvenirs and Laoatian whiskey. We meander past all this as we've heard a rumour that behind the main market, down a side street is a food strip and we can't miss this. There are 20 stalls piled high with fruit, BBQ fish, all manner of meats and buffets full of delicious vegetarian food and salad. We dive straight for that and fill our bowls high for only a £1 each. It's so good, and I'm going to say my favourite food we've had so far along the trip, even beating the Thali. We went to the market late and by the time we've finished eating, the stalls have started to pack up so we vow to come back earlier tomorrow for a second filling and a bit of shopping.
Day 46
We plan to be a little more constructive today so after breakfast we go off to get our Vietnam visas sorted, you need either a letter for a Visa on Arrival or you can get a full Visa from the Vietnam embassy so we opted for that. I forget however to bring our passport pictures along, whoops, so we have to walk back to the room (about 20 minutes) in the heat, to get them with a lot of grumbling from both of us as its hot and only going to get hotter. Once grabbed and back, we also book a tuk tuk for tomorrow to take us to the main waterfall Kuang Si, it's only costing us £15 for a private one which means we can stay as long as we like and as its a 45 minute drive, I think that's a pretty good deal. After this is lunch as we are guided by our stomachs, I have a fresh salad whilst Ben goes for dried buffalo and river moss, the later is very scrummy and takes a bit like seaweed.
The heat is killing is again today so we go back to book some flights until buffet time! After another deliciously scrumptious pile of food, we go shopping as Ben's fed up of being nibbled and he grabs some dark elephant pants to hide his legs.
We finish our nights stroll with some pool and now we're at 10-5 but Ben does get beaten by a very high local so I get a little victory. Every night we walk back to the hostel we're offered drugs, anything from weed to opium and it's so strange for it to be so open. We have heard though that the local drug dealers will shop in the tourists who buy from them for ammunity themselves so it's not the best choice you could make. We come back and start making a Best. Songs. Ever playlist (suggestions please) and pack for our day waterfall hunting tomorrow.
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