We arrived in Luang Prabang today and spent most of our evening trying to find a place to stay. There are many charming and historic little guesthouses here, but they all seemed to be full. Finally we found a nice one on a quiet street, checked in, and headed out to walk around town.
My friend Steiner from the US suggested that we meet up with his friend Sone, who owns a bar in Luang Prabang called Sidetrack. We eventually found the bar and went inside to meet Sone and have a drink. Among the small crowd was the Mayor of Luang Prabang and his family. Much later, after the mayor had left, the bar filled up with Lao kids having a great time. Rupert and I had fun as well, drinking a Beer Lao and watching the scene and of course not understanding anything that was being said around us.
