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Drink in Luang Prabang
Drink in Luang Prabang
There are a number of places to drink around Luang Prabang, although the late night club scene isn't really existent. The liveliest and busiest bars are to be found in a small cluster between Mount Phousi and the Nam Khong
Luang Prabang's status means that curfews are enforced strictly here: bars start winding down at 11pm and close at 11:30pm sharp. The only permitted late night options are outside the main part of town: a discotheque patronised mostly by locals and bizarrely, the local ten pin bowling alley.
If you do plan on staying out after hours, check the arrangements with your guesthouse first to avoid being locked out.
If you're simply looking to relax and enjoy the river views, most riverside restaurants have tables outside where you can sit back with a beer or two.
Books and Tea L'Etranger - downstairs is a book shop/swap and upstairs there is a bar selling drinks and cake in a room covered in cushions for lazing around and reading. Movies everyday at 7PM. A tad greedy and unfriendly on the book exchange business.
The Bowling Alley on the edge of the town is the unlikely centre for after-curfew revelry. Serves Beerlao and whisky well into the early hours of the morning to a raucous backpacker crowd, and also happens to be a bowling alley (20,000 kip per person per game after midnight). Even a recent increase in the number of lanes offered doesn't seem to have dented the emphasis on drinking. This is invariably reached by crowds of people sharing tuk-tuks which cluster around the bottom end of Phousi Rd around the time the bars close.
Hive Bar, Phousi Rd.. closes 11:30pm sharp. Established and highly popular watering hole, with cosy brick-lined rooms and an outside terrace. Notable for their Ethnic fashion shows at 7pm most days of the week and their range of Lao Lao cocktails. �
Lao Lao Garden and the adjacent Lao Lao Bar, Phousi Rd.. closes 11:30pm. Popular with the backpacker crowd - in addition to their highly regarded food it's marketed as a place to "drink like a fish for the price of water". �
Mekong Sunset Beach Bar - The place to go to watch the sunset. Located at the river mouth of Nam Khan and Mekong, you have to cross the bamboo bridge behind Wat Xieng Thong and walk 3 min. Very simple but unbelievable. Floods in the wet season.
Morning Glory Cafe - On the quiet end of the main street, after 3 Nagas. Run by a laid-back couple. Thai and western food, Good wine, by the glass. Garden seating. Temple in front and street life can be seen.
Utopia, (by the Nam Khan river - follow the signs from near Hive Bar). 8am to 11:30pm. Aims to be a relaxing garden by day and tropical jungle lounge by night, when it fills up with backpackers. Gorgeous views along the Nam Khan river. Caters for backpackers wanting to 'chill', with a clichéd collection of facilities including board games, scatter cushions, giant Jenga and even a volleyball court. Free wifi. �
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