Falang at a chinese new year in Luang Prabang

I was invited to the first of four days of Chinese new year celebration by the proprietor of my guest house. It was located in the business district of LP in a track depot. We showed up after dark and the whole extended family from up north and down south was in attendance. I was handed a small glass of Lao Lao, 50% rice wine/moonshine re bottled in a Beer Lao bottle. The glass was passed around the table, several more times before we slowed down and just passed beer around.

For food they had freshly killed goat and what at first looked like ketchup poured on top. It was, in fact, the fresh blood of the goat. I opted out of that delicacy...

Under a tent lit by two flourescent lights three card games for cash were going on. In the center were two very large pots and two 55 gallon formerly Shell oil drums boiling sticky rice under a fire fed by logs. The bathroom was anywhere on the perimeter of the property. One of the 6 year old cousins was making a killing selling us bottles of Beer Lao and Lao Lao. As I had to go trekking early the next day I got a ride on the back of a motorcycle back to town.

Good times