Mike and I had dinner and went to bed early.
The next day the 3 of us (as in Mike, Conor and I) took a Tuk Tuk to these beautiful waterfalls in LPB. They are about an hour outside of the town, but so worth going to see. In front of the entrance is a weird zoo of bears. But after that is beautiful waterfalls and swimming holes. We walked around for a bit and then went swimming in the freezing water. It was refreshing, but definitely cold. On our way out we ran into Izzy, Reebs and Hatty for a bit and agreed to all meet up later.
Since its March and they are boys, Conor and Mike found a bar where they could watch the March Madness basketball games. During which I treated myself to some spa treatments and I swear I got waxed by a ladyboy.
For dinner we went to this random side street buffet. You pay a small amount of money for a plate and fill it with as much as you want. Not the worlds greatest buffet, but cheap. The boys were all about their sports sports sports, so I met up with Hatty and Rebekah (and another new friend Ricki) after dinner.
The 4 of us were going to Utopida, the only happening bar in the town. We decided to all change our names for the night because sometimes girls like to do funny weird things like that. Roxie (Hatty), Lilah (Reebs), Zoe (Ricki) and Norah (me) had a fun girls night. We mostly just harassed people with weird hippie questions like "what's your spirit animal". It was fun and nice to be away from boys for a change.
The next day Conor and I braved the heat and decided to rent bicycles for a day tour. It costs about $2 to rent a bike for a whole day, but if you're lazy like we are then a few hours are good enough. We biked around stopping at some temples and we even found a Korean restaurant. We tried not to eat too much because we read about an amazing pizza place and were trying to save our appetites for dinner (it lived up to expectations).
To get to the pizza place have to cross an old bamboo bridge over the river. It was cool and made getting to the pizza all the better. That night we (Conor, Mike and I) went back to a bar close to our hostel. Mike brought Charlotte, a French girl from our hostel, to come hang out with us. She was awesome and French which automatically made her cool.
The next day we decided to brave the heat at a swimming pool! Charolette, Conor and I went in a Tuk Tuk close by to the cool pool hang out. We were planning to meet Hatty and Reebs there. (Mike had to work so Conor was broless). The pool reminded me of Cancun spring break. Filled with young people, a swim up bar and a volleyball net. We hung out for most of the day and planned to meet Mike later for dinner.
In Luang Prabang there is an 11pm curfew. Curfew meaning all the stores, restaurants and bars have to close by 11. So once the clock strikes 11 all the foreigners do what any normal person would do- we go bowling!! The bowling alley is about a 20 min Tuk Tuk drive away. It's really weird and really fun at the same time. Conor, Cha, Mike and I went one night a little early, but at 11:20 like clockwork all the foreigners came pouring in. It was a really interesting experience!
So as you can tell we spent alot of time with friends in Luang Prabang. We were leaving and heading to Vang Vieng next. Hatty ad Rebekah were going there too. Izzy had already moved on. But we had to say goodbye to Mike and Charlotte . Sad, but so glad to have spent time with them. Conor and I are already planning to visit Mike in Texas this summer.
We got a van to bring us to Vang Vieng. Somehow we lucked out and were the only people taking the van that day so we got to stretch out in the van. Up 4 hours of winding streets, a few stops (our driver stopped once to legit buy rats for dinner) and we made it!
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