1st question upon arrival at Luang Prabang Airport..How to get into town??
There is a Taxi counter just outside the airport,flat rate 300 baht for the 4 of us.
Then came the 2nd question, the driver asked "where to?"..Well,I haven really thought about that.I did try to make a reservation somewhere,but its full.
The driver was very helpful,he drove us around and waited patiently for us while we went around asking each guesthouse for the pricing. 1st one we got to was full,USD85..after much negotiation,they are willing to accept USD60..unfortunately,I was not willing to pay :P
The owner recommended us to one of her friend's place when we told her we were only willing to pay only about USD35. She directed us to go over.Silichith Guest House..We took a look at the room..giant bed..spacious room..hot shower..but no TV!
We managed to further negotiate the price to 500 baht per night. We checked in happily :)
Next,time to find something to eat..for lunch.The advice I got from my friend before I went,they found only one place with good food and they went back there everyday to eat..well..
This place that we checked into,they operate an eating place just beside the stream about 20 metres walk away. Let me explain here what is this stream..when we saw it,this 'stream' was like..wider than the Kallang River in Singapore!
When we saw the scenery..we just kept taking photos..it was quite a sight!
Well,the food was great,especially in such a cool weather..but I was determined not to eat there everyday! After lunch,we got energy to start exploring the town.
The nearest temple from my guesthouse is Wat Paphai..well,all the temple looks the same to me. Walking on,we decided to explore the town on a bicycle,so we looked around to rent one. There was this shop that required a USD50 deposit,we gave it a miss. We found one along the main street and we negotiated the price as we only had 3 hours left before they close at
6pm.
With almost brand new bicycles, our speed increases..
Stay tuned for more later.. :)
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