In Luang Prabang, there are more than 1,000 monks in a town of 50,000.Ellen Himelfarb
A street vendor in Luang Prabang sells “cobra wine” to passersby.Ellen Himelfarb
Temples are so magnificently frescoed and bejewelled that elsewhere they would merit pages in guidebooks – here they are barely identified, that’s how many abound.Ellen Himelfarb
Find Old World charm and an incredible pool at the Settha Palace Hotel in Vientiane, Laos.Handout
You might be one of only a handful of visitors on any given day at Shangri-Lao, an elephant sanctuary in the misty northern wilderness.Ellen Himelfarb