Day 8 - Luang Prabang

 Today was just a hang out day.  Andrew was still trying to beat his bug, so we slept in late while Sylvie and Henry went trekking to a temple on the other side of the Mekong.  We all met back up for lunch, but Andrew hung back to nap, so Sylvie, Henry and I had a repeat lunch at L'Elephant of French food.  It was a nice change of pace :).  And as soon as I heard L'Elephant was in the running for the lunch spot, I immediately threw my vote for it, thinking only of the passion fruit sorbet.  I'm happy to report it was just as good the second time.

On our lunch outing we stopped by a salon so Henry could get his hair trimmed:

Before

After

I took some art shots on our walk back toward the hotel, in between shopping stops:

Interesting set of weathered doors

Hanging lanterns above a street cafe

A monk strolling along the sidewalk

We decided on a little boutique hotel around the corner from us - Satri House - for dinner.  The atmosphere was so charming with little candles, unique tableware and no one within ear shot.  

Table setting at Satri House

Henry finally succeeded in ordering a proper martini

Sylvie and I had the coconut and galangal shrimp soup with sticky rice.  So yummy!

Tomorrow will be a hellish day of travel starting at 5 a.m.  Wish us luck!