Up the river...

We arrived in Luang Prabang without any problems. Went to a beautiful waterfall, saw some rescued Asian bears playing and a tiger pacing, and then took a six foot jump from a tree into the pool. The following day Kim from Canada and I did a cookery course at the Tum Tum Cheng School that has Jamie Oliver amongst its previous participants but although we cooked and ate great food, we stirred a few dishes and I pounded some papaya, I can’t say I am an expert now… We cycled a fair bit around the town and to a few markets and Wats but there are some strange restrictions on bicycle hire in this town possibly to support the tuk-tuk industry. The night market here is outstanding but there isn’t very much room in the rucksack so I cant buy much (damage was done in any case and now rucksack management has taken on a whole new dimension). Jim and Sian travelled on ahead via the river to Nong Khiaw where I will hopefully join them tomorrow. It will be different for me in that there is limited electricity. After that I may follow Dave’s suggestion and head a little further up to Muong Ngoi where they don’t have any vehicles apparently.