2017-09-20
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作者:Rk74
Day 1 第一天H and I manage to score a discount ticket to Luang Prahang with SilkAir that come with 30kg check in per person. As I understand that Laos is an improvished country. We decide why not do a good deed and make full use of our luggage allowance and bring over some stationary and old clothing to donate to the school in Laos. I also manage to get a contact off the internet to bring us to a school in Laos near Luang Prabang.核和我买到了优惠到老挝琅勃拉邦的胜安航空的优惠票。 优惠票也包含了三十公斤的托运行李。我们晓得老挝并不是一个富裕的国家便自发的决定善用那三十公斤的行李来带些读书文具和旧衣物来捐给那里的学校。我也在网络找到一位当地人来带我到当地的贫苦学校去。In the end we manage to score 30kg of stationary and another 30 kg of old clothing from family and friends plus some biscuit as well. We would have being more if we can.结果我们从家人和朋友拿到了三十公斤的文具和三十公斤的衣物和饼干。如果可以的话我们会携带更多。The plane depart at 1325hours and off we go.飞机下午一点二十五分起飞。For the flight to Luang Prabang, SilkAir will transit at Vientiane before continuing to embark on a short flight to Luang Prabang. As this is a full service airline, we are serve meal and there is also a mobile app for us to use our device to watch movie which is excellent. For our meals, we have a choice of fish pasta and nasi lemak. H choose the later and me fish pasta. As it turn out the nasi lemak was really lemak and the fish pasta is certainly a bad choice.飞往琅勃拉邦,胜安航空将在万象停留在飞往琅勃拉邦。由于不是濂价航空,飞机也有提供餐饮也可以用下载到手机的APP观看电影。食物方面有鱼意式面或椰浆马来饭。核选了后者,我选了鱼意式面。结果,那马来饭超好吃。我也超后悔我的选择。We reached Luang Prabang around 5pm, clear the immigration and took our pre-arrange transport which cost 50,000 KIP to our guesthouse, Golden Lotus guesthouse. The size of the room was ok and it come with a rain shower in the toilet.我们抵达琅勃拉邦已是傍晚五点了,经过移民庭,坐了事先安排的车子到我们的宾馆去。车费是五万KIP。宾馆房间大小还可以,厕所也有花洒淋浴。After a brief introduction by the guesthouse owner, we drop our luggage and off we go to the night market and dinner hunt. We found a roadside stall selling Singapore style yong tau hu and we pick and choose what we want and bungle it with a Beer Laos. This dinner cost us 63,000KIP, not cheap by all means.经过了宾管主人的简单介绍,我们放下了行李便去夜市找吃的去。找到了路边摊卖新加坡式的粮豆腐, 我们选了我们要的在加上一罐老挝啤酒,这餐花了我们六万三千KIP,我们觉得一点都不便宜。After dinner, we hanged around the night market before going back to guesthouse for the night.吃饱后,我们便在夜市逛一逛才回到宾馆休息。Day 2 第二天We woke up early and went to catch the alm ceremony. It was an interesting and nice experience. I also bought some sticky rice from a vendor and took part in the ceremony, kneeling down and distribute the sticky rice to the monk.我们七早八早便起身去看布斯典礼。我也买了饭跪下来并分发给和尚们。After the alm ceremony, we walked around the morning market which is rather nostaglic as it remind me of my childhood. After the morning walk, we went back to the guesthouse for our breakfast.看完了布斯典礼,我们便到早上的菜市场逛一逛,让我回想我儿时的时候,之后我们便回宾馆吃早餐。After breakfast, we start our day, first stop, Wat Suwannphumaham which is 50m from our guesthouse and follow by Wat Xieng Thong before we have morning coffee at viewpoint cafe which overlook Nam Khan and Mekong river. We continue to walk along the street and H bought a scarve and a painting. The scarve cost 180,000KIP and painting 95,000KIP. After which we stop by another small shop for lunch. Lunch was rice noodle soup cost us 15,000 KIP per bowl. We then go back to the guesthouse as we have arranged to meet the local laotian to bring us to the school 3km from Luang Prabang town to distribute the things we brought from Singapore.吃完早餐后,我们便开始我们的行程。第一站,变是离我们宾馆约五十米的佛庙Wat Suwannphumaham。 走完了这里变到下一间佛庙Wat Xieng Thong。之后便走到面向Nam Khan 和 湄公河的咖啡座休息。喝完了咖啡, 我们在走走,H也买了一条丝巾和一副画。价钱是十八万KIP和九万五KIP。逛完了便在一家小点吃午餐,午餐是淉条面汤,一万五一碗。过后我们便回去宾馆约见我们的当地人带我们到离琅勃拉邦镇三公里的学校分发我们从新加坡带来的东西。The school we went to have a huge population of almost 500 students from primary 1 to high school. Most of the students will stay in the school and only go home during their school holiday. After dropping off the stuff we brought from Singapore, we walk around the school. While the basic stuff are there, there is certainly alot of room for improvement. Bed is only a straw mat, students have to plant their own food. Rice is cooked over a wood fire. The bathing area is a big water cement tank with algae and outside the toilet there litter around. I supposed the students need to be educated on proper sanitary. Singaporean kid are so lucky compare to Laotian kids.我们去的学校拥有约五百的学生,从小一到高中。大多的学生都寄宿在学校里,只有放假才回家。主要是他们住离学校很远。我们放下东西便在校里走走。虽然基本上的东西学校都有不过还有加进步。学生睡在草席上,没有床垫。吃的菜也要自己种,米饭是用木材煮的。冲凉的水放在一个大的石灰缸里而缸外长满了藻类,厕所外也有很多拉圾。我认为学生们需要有人教导他们卫生知识。相比之下,新加坡的学生好幸运啊。After we are back from the school, we walked around the town and booked out ticket to Pak Ou cave for the next morning as well for an hour of massage which cost us 40,000kip per person. After which we went for dinner. Dinner was another stall selling yong tau hu and a grilled fish at 20,000kip each, which is much economical compare to yesterday night dinner. We have a hearty dinner and bought cut fruit for 10,000kip on the way back to our guesthouse. We have an early night as we have been awaken since 5am in the morning.我们从学校回来后便在镇上走走也顺便顶了隔天早上的去Pak Ou 洞的船票和脚底按摩, 按摩费是四万KIP一人一个钟。过后便去吃晚餐。晚餐是粮豆腐和一条烤鱼,各两万KIP。这餐比昨晚的经济食惠多了!吃饱后在回宾馆途中也买了一盒水果。价钱一万KIP。我们回到宾馆也很早睡觉毕静我们俩今早五点钟便起身了。Day 3 第三天We start the day at 7am, have our breakfast in the guesthouse and walked to the tour agency which had an tuk tuk to send us to the Pak Ou cave boat trip jetty. On hindsight, we should have bought the trip direct from the jetty which is cheaper at 65,000 kip instead of the 80,000 kip we paid for. But then it is still cheaper than the 90,000 touted by the guesthouse. We board the boat at 8.30am and each boat can only accomodate 6-8 passengers.第三天, 我们七点钟便吃早餐,吃完后便步行到玈行社在有tuk tuk载我们俩到码头去。其实,我们如果在码头买票只须花一人六万五KIP,而我们却经过玈行社买花了一人八万KIP, 不过也比经过宾馆的九万KIP便宜。我们上午八点半上船,一膄船也只能载六到八人吧了。The journey to Pak Ou Cave is pretty far, enroute there we stop at Whisky village for 15 minutes. By the time we reach Pak Ou case, it is about 10.30am.Entrance fee is 20,000 KIP per person. There are upper and lower cave, the upper cave require a long climb up tthe staircase and the cave is pitch dark, need phone light/torch light to illuminate. We spend 45 minutes before starting our journey back. By the time, we reach Luang Prabang, it almost 1pm. We are lucky as we have decide to book the trip to Kluang Si fall the next day else it will be very rush for us.到Pak Ou洞的船程挺远,延途中,我们停留在Whisky村十五分钟。到了Pak Ou 洞已约十点半了。Pak Ou洞入门费是两万KIP一人。有分上下洞,上鼎的洞要爬一个很长的街梯,上鼎的洞也吾漆抹黑的,需要手机的灯或手电筒来照明。我们在Pak Ou 洞待了约四十五分钟便回Luang Prabang 了。 回到了镇上已约一点钟了。我们很幸运我们决定隔天才去Kluang Si 瀑布。Back at Luang Prabang, we decide to have a good lunch. We found a restaurant for a 3 dishes meal with desert for lunch. The price was rather hefty at 220,000 KIP. After which we went to book the next day trip to Kluang Si fall departing at 11.30am at 45,000 KIP per person. We then rented 2 mountain bike for the afternoon at 55,000KIP after much bargaining. While, the mountain bike is still rideable, it will be much better with a new set of tyre and brake pad. From Luang Prabang, we cycle around the bridge to the other side of Nam Khan river. There we cycle to one of the villages where there are village shop selling different type of weaving items as well as paper items. Part of the route was on dirt track, we didn't stay very long as we are warily of the fact that we need to get out before sunset as there isn't any street lamp around and also the fact we have run out of KIP unless we paid our purchase in USD. It was a nice though tiring ride.回到了琅勃拉邦, 我们决定吃一顿好的午餐,找到了一间餐厅,点了两份套餐。价格不菲,共二十二万KIP。之后便去预订隔天十一点半出发的Kluang Si 瀑布团。价钱一人四万五KIP。我们也租了两辆山地车,经过一番讨价还价,我们用五万五KIP租下了山地车。不过这两台山地车的轮胎和杀车器虽可以用但并不是很理想。从镇里,我们骑车过桥到Nam Khan 河的另一边到其中一个村庄去。那里可以看到村民在织工艺品和做纸工艺品。途中,一部份的路是黄泥路。 我们并没有呆太久,因为必须在天黑前回去,主要是延途没有街灯。我们也把KIP花完了,如果买东西须用美金付款。By the time, we are back in Luang Prabang, it already about 6pm, we returned the mountain bike to the shop and went for dinner. We decide to buy back to our guesthouse and eat. While the bike ride was enjoyable it is also tiring for us as we aren't young anymore. We bought a grilled fish, thai salad and cut mango for our dinner for 60,000KIP. After we are done with our dinner we have an early night. 我们回到了琅勃拉邦以是徬晚约六点钟了。还了山地车,我们便去找吃的,也决定大包回宾馆吃。虽然今天的骑车挺好玩的不过也很累毕竟我们也不年轻了。我们买了烤鱼,泰国萨啦以极切好的芒果共六万KIP。吃饱后,我们也跟着睡觉去了。Day 4 第四天Today, after breakfast, we took a long walk to Phousi market, accordingly it is the biggest market in Luang Prabang. After about 40 minutes walk, we reach the market. Inside the market, it very vibrant with all type of stall selling all kind of food and wares. H bought 2 knives for 32,000 KIP. On the way back, we detour to one of the viewpoint inside a Wat for a view of Mekong river. We also passed by a fruit stall by the roadside and bought a pomelo for 12,000 KIP. As we walked closer to town, we stopover at a coffee shop for our early lunch. We have local style chee cheong fun and pork rice noodle soup with ice coffee and ice honey tea. The ice coffee was worth another mention as it was very favourful and we found that that the coffee was boiled using steam from hot water using charcoal fire. Lunch was 50,000 KIP. We reached our guesthouse around 11am to prepare our trip for Kluang Si fall. 今天,吃了早餐后,我们便步行到Phousi市场去。据聊解,Phousi市场是琅勃拉邦最大的市场。从宾馆要步行了约四十分钟,我们到达了市场。市场里很活跃,有各种各样的摊位卖各式各样的食品和东西。核买了两把刀子共三万二KIP。回途中,我们绕道到一个涉在佛庙里的面向湄公河的观景台。我们也经过一个卖水果的路边摊而买了一栗柚子价钱为一万二KIP。我们值向镇里奔去,走到一间咖啡店停下来吃午餐。我们点了当地猪肠粉,猪肉粿条面汤,一杯冰咖啡和一杯冰密糖茶。值得一提的是那杯冰咖啡味道食足尔我们也发现到咖啡是用热水的蒸气煮的,而热水是用煤碳的火煮的。午餐共五万KIP。我们回到宾馆已是约十一点钟了准备去Kluang Si 瀑布。 At 11.30am, the mini van arrived to pick us up as well as to other lodging to pick up other passengers. It took about an hour to reach Kluang Si fall 俺的entrance fee is 20,000KIP. We are to gather at the mini van at 3pm which leave us 2.5 hours to enjoy. Near the fall is a bear sanctuary. Being adventurous, we decide to hike up to the top of the waterfall. It took us a good 30 minutes to reach the top. The water in the fall was freezing cold so I didn't take a dip in the pool though H did. We start descending soon after as we sense that it going to rain. As we are about to reach the bottom it start to rain. H had a dip at the pool in the lower tier of the fall. Afterwhich, we clean up and walk back to the gathering point. 2.5 hours is just about enough for us to enjoy the fall. The mini van depart at 3pm and sent us back to our accomodation place where we had a short rest in the guesthouse.在十一点半,面包车来把我们接走也到其它住所接其它人。车程约一个钟,到了Kluang Si 瀑布也要还一人两万KIP的门费。司机通知我们要三点回来集和。瀑布付近有一个黑熊闭护所。由于我们俩爱冒险,我们决定登山到瀑布鼎段去。这山路花了我们三十分钟上去。瀑布的水很冰冷所以我并没下水不过核有下水。玩了一活,我们便下山去了,主要是要下雨了。正当我们要到达下端的瀑布,天开始下雨了。核还是下水去玩。玩了一阵子我们梳洗抹干后便回集和点去。两个半小时刚足于我们来享受Kluang Si 瀑布。面包车三点离去把我们和其他人送回各自的宾馆和酒店去,我们回到宾馆便在房里休息了一下。At about 5.30pm, we made out way to Mount Phousi for the sunset. By the time we reached the peak it was relatively crowded. There is a Wat at the peak as well and entrance fee is 20,000KIP. After the sunset, we slowly walked down the hill reaching the foot along Nam Khan river and we walked to Mekong Riverside and dine along a restaurant along the river. We ordered a grilled fish, vegetable, red curry, rice, a big coconut for H and beer laos for me. Total price is 103,000 KIP. We then went back to our guesthouse to rest.大约五点半,我们便上Mount Phousi 来看日落。我们倒达山鼎已经挺多人了。上山的门费是一人两万KIP, 山上有座佛庙。看完日落,我们慢慢的步行下山到达Nam Khan 河的河边在走到湄公河边。我们也顺便在河边的其中一间餐馆用餐。我们点了一条烤鱼,一盘菜,一碗咖喱,饭,一粒大椰子给核和一瓶Beer Laos 啤酒给我。晚餐共一百零三万KIP,吃饱了便回宾馆休息。Day 5 第五天As our flight back is in the evening, we still have the morning and today is museum day. First, we walked to the UXO museum which is about an kilometre where we are staying. The entrance is fee but museum is relatively small and it took about an hour to visit. We made an donation of 70SGD to the museum. From there, we walked to the town for an 2 hour foot and body massage setting back 40,000 KIP per person. Follow by a 50,000 Kip lunch at the coffeeshop we patronised yesterday and then Royal Palace museum which cost 30,000 KIP per person. After that, it about time. we go back to our guesthouse and take a mini van to the airport to catch our flight home at 5.50pm. It been a tiring but enjoyable trip.由于我们的飞机在徬晚才起飞。我们还有上午和下午的时间。首先,我们步x行到UXO 博物馆离我们住的宾馆一公里。不用门票,需约一小时来参观。我们也捐了七十新币给博物馆。从那里我们走回了镇上做了一个钟的脚底按摩和一个钟的生体按摩,费用为一人八万KIP。然后到昨天的咖啡店吃了个午餐花了五万KIP。接着我们便去皇家博物馆参观,门票为三万KIP。参观完后便回宾馆搭面包车去机场乘搭徬晚五点五十分的胜安航空班机回新加坡。这一趟虽很累但好玩。