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Have you ever travelled somewhere you’ve bypassed often and then thought, why on earth have I not been here before? That was me this past week – over and over – as I wandered the streets of Luang Prabang. For the past 11 years I’ve regularly travelled within a stone’s throw of Laos, and I’m astounded – and hugely disappointed – that it’s taken me this long to eventually get there.
It was the buildings of Laos’s old royal capital that charmed me at first – I have a thing for aging, characterful spaces – but there is so much more to this historic town and while I left only 48 hours ago I’m longing to return and invest time in learning to understand it better; to connect with this place – and its people – on a deeper level.
These here are five photos taken from my wanderings over the past few days in Luang Prabang: