Luang Prabang is a town that is chock-full of temples. It’s impossible to walk for five minutes without stumbling upon some grand feat of Lao Buddhist architecture. While I may not be the hugest fan of visiting temples, it’s still nice to see so many of them dotted around the streets of Luang Prabang, in between the bakeries, guesthouses and massage joints. With so many temples here, the town is absolutely bursting at the seams with monks. In spite of the monastic commitment to living simple lives, the monks’outfits are serving up some major sass, and I love seeing their fluoro orange robes approaching in the distance.
Here are some photos I’ve taken of Luang Prabang’s sassy monks.
SASS.
6 comments
Mindy and Ligeia says:
Mar 11, 2013
It still takes us by surprise to see a monk using a cell phone.
We also enjoy seeing monk’s clothing hanging out to dry on a clothesline. Guess monks have to do laundry too.
We’ve been curious where the nuns are and after asking around, we were told that there are not many nuns and unlike monks, this position is not very revered in society. The nuns are mostly servants for the monks. Sadly, this sounds so similar to many other religions as well. We did see a nun at Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai and we found her pretty sassy as well with her shaved head.
That Gay Backpacker says:
Mar 12, 2013
I haven’t seen any nuns either! A shame that a religion like Buddhism, which seems less autocratic, still can’t hold women in the esteem they deserve.
Scarlett says:
Mar 11, 2013
LOVE these! Especially the last one… just texting his mates! xx
That Gay Backpacker says:
Mar 12, 2013
Yeh, they have phones and watch telly! I bet they’re all streaming Drag Race every Tuesday inside the temple walls
Sam says:
Mar 13, 2013
I love the paparazzi style of these pictures!
That Gay Backpacker says:
Mar 14, 2013
I get embarrassed asking people if I can take a picture, so I pretty much just sneak up on folk.