LUANG PRABANG, LAOS - The first thing that strikes you about this city is that there are no traffic lights - mainly because there is very little traffic. Quaint Luang Prabang, a 16th century city, appears frozen in time – a peaceful place where ox and motorscooters hog the road.

LUANG PRABANG, LAOS - A favourite day outing with tourists who come to this remote part of Asia is to take a boat ride down the murky Mekong River - its waters are the colour of a cup of mocha coffee - to the artisan village of Lao Lao and then on to the Pac Cu, or Buddha caves.