Lovely Luang Prabang

Just a few random pretty pix today.

Yeah well this sunbird is Cambodian rather than Laotian, but I forgot to add it to my blog earlier. They feed on the yellow oleander flowers in Bacoma garden. Strangely, the males seem to feed on the inside of the flowers, while the females peck at the base of the bell.

This *is* Luang Prabang. We pass this shop every day on our way to buy our breakfast baguettes. He makes amazing devotional decorations for use in the temples.

 

This is a HUGE pot of mulberry bark being boiled to make paper. That's a 6-foot spade

Trevann got to play his songs at the Deck House next door. Lovely setting

Just your average Mekong sunset. It's great to watch the slow boats arriving for the evening

I bought this basket made by students out of coffee wrappers in aid of the local English school

This was one of our favourite ponds but for the last couple of years it's been completely swamped by invasive water hyancinth. Happy to see the local village have apparently started keeping it clear.

View over the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers with the seasonal bamboo bridge in the distance

Duabanga grandiflora in our garden

I was unable to resist buying another jacket from our friend Mone. She's from the Katu tribe and is one of a handful of people who still know how to do this beaded weaving. The design on the front represents banyan leaves for good health and the back symbolizes ela predeen leaves for friendship and good heartedness. Mone is trying to find the Lao or English name of the predeen tree. Apparently, they are traditionally tapped and the sap used by the Katu people as a refreshing drink (non-alcoholic)