Laos Favorite Tips by calcaf38 Top 5 Page for this destination

Your personalized soundtrack

Fondest memory: In Laos (as in China, as I discovered later) there is music everywhere. You can almost always distinguish a gentle pop song in the background, even in the countryside.

After a few days, you start recognizing the songs. One which you like best could become your "Theme from Laos Trip".

I left my heart in Luang Prabang

Favorite thing: If you come all the way to Luang Prabang, be sure to spend at least three days there.

This small town is in a gorgeous setting, around a steep hill and at the junction of two rivers.

L.P. is an important Buddhist center, and temples abound. Some temples are more plain and rowdy, with monks playing soccer. Others are just buzzing with otherworldliness.

The town's atmosphere is languid and eerie. For some reason, the same mildew that is not so great in my bathroom takes on a philosophical quality in L.P.

Just like in San Francisco, or in Venice, there is a harmony between the nature, the architecture and the culture of the place that is pure magic.