Luang Prabang
The next day we caught a bus back to Luang Prabang, where we spent a couple of nights before heading south to the capital of Vientiane. On the bus we had met a young monk who wanted to meet up with us the following day; he told us the name of the temple, but we must have gotten it wrong, or been confused somehow, since we couldn't find him anywhere. We did, however, meet this young man, named Sone, who spoke English surprising well and chatted with us for an hour or so. Much to our amazement he gave us his e-mail address before we left; I still have a hard time imagining monks in Laos using the Internet...