PRACTICAL INFORMATION

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WHERE TO BUY A TRAIN TICKET?​​

Luang Prabang train station is located about 15 Km from the city center, it takes about 25 minutes to reach the train station by tuktuk. To book your train ticket, you can walk to the ticket office in town on Phothisalath Road opposite the Ministry of Health Office, only 10 min by foot from Baan Pila. The ticket office is open daily from: 10 to 11:30 am / 13 to 15 pm. You can also ask our front desk to book the train ticket for you.

WHERE TO FIND A GAS STATION?​

A gas station is located nearby Wat Visoun temple, only 5 minutes from Baan Pila. Only ask to fill up
your tank, by saying the amount of Lao Kip you want to spend on gasoline.​

WHERE TO RENT A MOTORBIKE?​

On the street of Wat Visoun, near Outback Laos office, there is a good rental motorbike shop named Anousay Motorbike rental. They offer a variety of well maintained, safe motorbikes.  

TAK BAT – ALMS GIVING CEREMONY

 For hundreds of years this tradition has been practiced in Luang Prabang. Alms giving starts around 5:30am, you'll see monks and novices emerge onto the streets with their alms bowls (bat). The locals, who wake up even earlier to prepare sticky rice,  scoop it generously into the monks’ bowls as the line files past. The ceremony is conducted in complete silence, with neither the alms giver nor the monks speaking. The monks walk in meditation and the alms givers show respect by not disturbing their monks meditative pace. This beautiful tradition is being threatened by mass irresponsible tourism. If you would like to witness this tradition we suggest that you head towards Wat That Luang and watch quietly from a distance.