{"id":3835,"date":"2011-02-11T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2011-09-12T18:36:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T18:36:06","slug":"luang-prabang-laos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/luang-prabang-laos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Luang Prabang, Laos"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two days on the Mekong river, traveling from the Thailand border through the small village of Pak Beng, our photo tour group has now arrived in Luang Prabang. The city name of Luang Prabang literally means: “Royal Buddha Image it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in north central Laos, where the Nam Khan river meets the Mekong River about 425 kilometers (264 mi) north of Vientiane. It is the capital of Luang Prabang Province. The current population of the city is about 103,000.<\/p>\n

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\nThe city was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name. Until the communist takeover in 1975, it was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos.<\/p>\n

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The main part of the city consists of four main roads located on a peninsula between the Nam Khan and Mekong rivers. The city is well known for its numerous Buddhist temples and monasteries. Every morning, hundreds of monks from the various monasteries walk through the streets collecting alms, which is precisely why we are here…to photograph this amazing spectacle!<\/p>\n

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We did a walking tour of the main sights of Luang Prabang, including many temples, monasteries and Buddhist schools, like the one above and below, where we were able to photograph the monks studying.<\/p>\n

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But Luang Prabang also has many other wonderful photo opportunities, including the nearby Beautiful Tat Kuang Si waterfalls, which\u00a0 is approximately 30 km south of the centre of Luang Prabang.<\/p>\n

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To do it best, one needs a tripod to steady the camera for the long exposures needed to make the water look “silky”, but even without a tripod, getting good images is possible. I shot the above image hand held at 1\/8 of a second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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