The beautiful French colonial town of Luang Prabang is full of charm. It's many markets are full of amazing handmade crafts and smiling faces.
The night market in Luang Prabang is on Thanon Phothisalat, and sets up everyday at around 4pm. It is extremely vibrant and stretches for about 200 metres. You can find hand woven silk products, bags, lanterns, antiques, shoes and jewellery. There are 2 laneways which run off the main street with loads of food. One laneway is full of vegetarian food, whilst the other contains a huge selection of all things bbq. Whole fish, lemongrass skewered chicken, buffalo sausages, pork sausages and a few salads and vegetable dishes. Both alleys have communal tables which make for a friendly affair, with a good mix of people sharing their morsels. One could have a "Beer Lao", if one was that way inclined.
One block towards the river is home to a morning market which kicks off around 6am. And yes, I did manage to crawl out of bed one morning to see it. You can buy all kinds of green vegies and herbs, a variety of potatoes and yams, dried goods, gorgeous mushrooms, fish, fresh and bbq meats and some curious looking "deceased" wildlife, which were not allowed to have their photo taken.
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