Comments on: Thoughts on Coming Home to Luang Prabang

By: Border Crossing Guide: Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang

Border Crossing Guide: Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:43:45 +0000

[...] When you buy a tour, shop around and don’t be afraid to bargain. You should be getting a minivan ride to Chiang Khong with a stopover at Chiang Rai’s White Temple, dinner and accommodations for the first night, breakfast and lunch for the second day, a longboat ride over the border to Laos, and the slow boat ride down to Luang Prabang. [...]

By: kith

kith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:25:51 +0000

I have not heard a place like this, only when i have read this post. Thanks for sharing it with us, and i hope to have the chance to visit such place like Luang Prabang and enjoy the same thing that you have experienced during your stay.

By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:25:40 +0000

Hey Chris, shame I missed you – it would have been fun to meet up.

I’ll look forward to more of your writing.

By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:23:04 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Luisa! Allana says hello

By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:22:05 +0000

Allen, thanks for the note. I’ll check out Library for Laos, as we’re looking for service projects the Mekong Students can contribute to.

By: Dobert

Dobert — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:09:18 +0000

i doubt there is anyone in the world that has been in Louang Prabang and does not want to get back…

By: tharp42

tharp42 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:51:29 +0000

Tim,

Looks like I just missed you. I was in LP in mid August for a few days.

Great post.

Anyway, I’m back in action and will be submitting some more stuff soon…

By: Luisa Sperry

Luisa Sperry — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:44:05 +0000

What a beautiful and evocative post, Tim. I enjoyed reading it — it made me feel connected to you and Allana all the way on the other side of the world. I had coffee at Joma my first morning in Luang Prabang after exploring the morning food market. And, by the way, that staircase with the silver nagas is one of the things I remember most vividly from Luang Prabang… that and accidentally eating buffalo skin paste on seaweed. Oh my.

Best wishes for your travels. Please send all my love to Allana (and to Mara when you see him).
Luisa

By: late_stranger

late_stranger — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:50:16 +0000

OK, this settles it. You will one day see me for the Mekong semester. Someday, probably when I take a gap year between high school and college. Of course, that’s about four years away, but still.

I’ll be there.

By: Hal

Hal — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:25:32 +0000

Jealous too. It’s great to know a foreign place so well. Love that feeling.