Resplendent gold Buddha statues, Bougainvillaea trees peppered with fushia and pastel pink flowers, the safran robes of hundreds of monks and their multicoloured sun umberellas swaying in their wake, burnt ocres of the crumbling walls of French colonial houses and gleaming silver wats roofs…

Colour and a sense of calm antiquity is everywhere in Laos’ foremost tourist showpiece, Luang Prabang.

We couldn’t have found a better place (not to mention a more beautiful) place to detox after all these Cambodian beers…