One of the amazing traditions in Luang Prabang, Laos is the early morning procession of the monks to collect alms, which they will later eat for breakfast. We managed to get up around 6 am three of the mornings we were there to witness the procession. The pictures below are some of our favorites.
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Gorgeous Pics! Our RTW time in SE Asia this second time around is falling short! We’ll definitely be back to explore Lao in a slower, less touristy way in the near future!
Great blog, we really enjoy reading, especially the posts on places we’ve been! We’ve added your blog on our blogroll – fancy a link exchange?
Safe travels!
Manali + Terry
http://www.manaliandterry.com
Manali and Terry – thanks for the comment. Just checked out your site and it looks great. We would be happy to exchange links with you. Also enjoy Angkor, it was one of our favorite places in SE Asia.
I loved watching this procession as well. We stayed at the Lotus Villa Boutique Hotel.
The people in Laos are some of the friendliest that I have EVER met on my travels.
So funny story — across the street from the Lotus Villa was a family with young children/infants and a rooster. They lived above the store they ran during the day. One poor infant cried basically every hour she was up. Then the moment she’d fall asleep, the rooster would crow waking her back up. (for real?!) I also didn’t know that roosters crow incessantly. I assumed they were only sunrise creatures. Needless to say, all of them, children and roosters alike, seemed to know when the procession would begin and just silence themselves.
Ed and I walked most of Luang Prabang and saw what seemed like 100 wats. We called it Wat-apalooza. Did you do the same?
What a cool, cool place, yeah? The night market and the mango sticky rice… great memories……..
Sarah could not agree more, the roosters and general noise level in Southeast Asia is amazing. I am pretty sure I can sleep through anything now! Luang Prabang is totally Wat-apalooza, they are everywhere. But when the serve as the basis for education and religious activity for a neighborhood I understand why there are so many when the government provides so little.