So we headed off....
Me and Krista Excited!
Jake's Excitement
Our plane was quite small, probably only 60 people capacity. Time to our destination, one hour. Upon our decent, I could see the landscape was extremely mountainous and jungle like. The little plane that was taking us to Laos seemed to go to and fro with which every way the wind might have it go, causing me to feel somewhat ill. I was glad to set foot on land!
At the Luang Prabang airport we stood in line to receive our tourist visas. Then we pointed to a spot on our map and had a driver take there. There, being the main strip of this little town. From there we set out on foot looking for a place to lay our heads at night.
Le Tam Tam Garden...our "home" for the next 3 nights.
After paying for our room, we headed out to stretch our legs and see the town alittle before supper. We made our way down to the road overlooking the Me Khong River and sat a while.
After supper we looked into different day trips that we could do on the following day. We signed up for the Kuang Xi falls which are located 30 kms outside of the city. Our guide picked us up the next morning at 9 and we headed our for our trekk.
After our three hour trekk we make it to the top of Kuang Xi Falls
The water was freezing so I didn't get in
Shots I took around town: Luang Prabang
Night Market
Washing our feet after a day of walking through Luang Prabang
We headed up the Mount Pi Si which is right there in the city. It is a look out point of the Luang Prabang as well as the Me Khong River with the mountains in the distance. I believe we climbed something close to three hundred steps to get to the summit. There we found many other tourists, all of us waiting for the sunset. 
Our trip for the next day was to kayak down the Nam Khang River. We were all pretty excited to do this. The river was clam and led us through the jungles of Laos. I was amazed at my surroundings and took everything in!
It was pretty chilly starting out in the morning but it soon began to warm up
Lunch Break!
Vang (our guide), Me, and Krista
After kayaking a long boat took us to a point to meet up with our ride home.
Lunch Break!
Vang (our guide), Me, and Krista
After kayaking a long boat took us to a point to meet up with our ride home.
Our last night in Le Tam Tam Garden we had to switch up rooms. This time we didn't have a bathroom connected to our room so we had to use the community bathroom...not the funniest experience! Flip flops are needs in order to shower in these kind of places! It was probably the most coldest shower I have taken in my life! Apparently the hot handle was stuck....
The flight home the next afternoon was quite interesting. I took meds so I wouldn't get sick from the turbulence and I am glad I did. It was probably more bumpy this time then arriving in Laos.
Our landing was the sketchiest I have ever experienced! I really thought that we were going to die even Krista was worried next to me. As the pilot was descending, we were going really fast, faster than I think is normal.
But against all the odds we landed, a little bumpy and bouncing from side to side on two wheels, we made it!
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