Jennifer, Sarah and Matt took a one day weaving and dying class.

Sarah is showing some of the roots and berries that we mashed up to make dyes.

This stuff, cooked with some rusty nails, makes cool colors.

We dyed silk thread in our brewed concoctions, and hung it up to dry.

Matt made the red dye, Sarah the grey, and Jennifer the purple.

Loom cat.

We wove for many many hours. The whole time, each of us had a minder who carefully guided the whole pattern-making process.

Jenifer was a bad student. She revolted, and made her own pattern.

Back in town, more evidence of renovation.

This statue group is on the mountain that sits in the middle of town.

Monk.

Monk.

Luang Prabang has a HUGE population of Buddhist monks.

Monk.

Monks.

There are at least ten Buddhist temples within easy walking distance, all of them worth gawking at.

Temple interior.

The mutli-headed dragon behind Sarah is a float, on rubber tires. This was actually stored in a barn type structure, and wasn't really on the tourist path.

At a curio shop.

Temple grounds.

Main street of town.

The girl's student uniform is a white shirt and a hand-woven pencil skirt. Perhaps the most stylish student uniform we have seen.

Goodbye, Luang Prabang.