While traveling there
are lots of sunrises and sunsets from viewingpoints which are
recommended to go see. On many trips I took the sunset was included to
see at a certain point. So were the sunsets at the Wat's in Cambodia and
at the Sand Dunes near Mui Ne in Vietnam.
When I was in Laos they recommended to go see the sunset on Phu Si Mountain, also written as Phou Si.
The hill is located near the main street of Luang Prabang.
It is a 100 meter high hill and is a local religious site.
On the hill
are several Buddhist shrines.
At the other side of the street is the
Royal Palace and ofcourse a Buddhist Temple. This temple is called Haw Pha Bang The afternoon I spend on
visiting the Royal Palace and the Temple.
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| Royal Palace |
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| Buddhist Temple Haw Pha Bang |
At the end of the afternoon I
bought a ticket to go up the hill. The ticket costs 10.000 Kip, that is
the equivalent of 2 euro's.
I think it was really worth the climb! It is not that high but the temperatures were about 35 degrees so you don't want to get al sweaty by exersicing :)
The first stairs is 138 steps and from there you have a nice
view at the palace and the temple. Then you have to take 190 steps up to
get to the top where the a temple is located. It is called What Chom Si
and is also a tourist attraction.
I was there early so not much tourists were there yet. I got
myself a nice place to see the sunset. I was overlooking the Mekong
river and saw the mountains behind it. It was a nice view, even without
the sunset :)
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| Nam Khan River |
I was a hour early so had to wait for a while. While I was
waiting people kept coming up. At some point the whole hill was crowded.
Everybody was waiting for the sun to sink behind the mountains. When it
happened it gave a beautifull view. You heard the camera's click and
click. I took some real nice photo's!!
I think it was really worth the climb! It is not that high but the temperatures were about 35 degrees so you don't want to get al sweaty by exersicing :)
The temple was also nice, not that impressive but it had
certainly a nice location. From within the temple and looking out the
doorway, you a great view over the Nam Khan River. I couldn't catch that
view right on my camera unfortunately.
Great way to end a lovely day spend in Luang Prabang.
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| All the tourist who came up the hill |
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| Still watching the sunset |
Hi Jacomijn - nice photos! I had some of the same views from the same spot! http://bbqboy.net/luang-prabang-laos/
ReplyDeleteBut what did you think of Luang Prabang? Did you like it or find it a bit too touristy? Just curious if your experience different than ours...
Frank (bbqboy)
Hi Frank, I did love it. It was very touristy but it was my first stop for a couple of days and I enjoyed the food very much, in the small streets....Very cheap. I biked around the city, I do love to bike so you get around easily and also away from the busy streets. I did thougt it was a easy laidback town. Went to the Kuang Si Waterfall. Great colour!
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