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You’re surrounded by peaks so steep they look like cartoons. Ice hangs precariously from their tops, as if a toddler dolloped icing about the landscape. Everywhere you look the jagged knife edges of the Himalaya stare back menacingly. You peer cautiously over the edge of the trail, even that makes you dizzy. The milky glacial river roars below you.

After six years away from solo travel I’m back, and this time I headed to Luang Prabang Laos. Turns out, it couldn’t have been more perfect.

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Luang Prabang, Laos is an adventurer’s dream. See what makes this place special with these outdoor adventures.