Luang Prabang - Kuang Si Waterfall

Today we took a shared ride out of town to one of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen, fully meeting and even exceeding tropical waterfall expectations. There was swimming in the most incredible pools a ways beneath the waterfall, and a steep hike up to the top of the 50-meter falls where we waded across the top of the falls, practically right on the lip! It was incredible.

The pictures are pretty self-explanatory. See the side topic on travertine for the geological explanation of this amazing place.

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There was also a little rescue bear park.

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After, we went to the Lao Ballet, which probably would have been more interesting if we knew the stories of the Ramayana, but was still pretty.

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