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Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, Luang Prabang is at the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers
To get a 360-degree view of the city, climb 329 steps to the summit of Mount Phu Si, past golden Buddhas
Visit the Kuang Si waterfalls where frothy water cascades from a height of 60 metres into blue-green pools
Shopkeeper Kalina has just brewed tea and offers me a cup. I have stopped to buy water from her village store in Ban Chan, near Luang Prabang in northern Laos.
It’s her home, too, built at ‘pig height’ off the ground to stop the animals wandering in, and is also reassuringly surrounded by a border of lemongrass to ward off snakes.