Luang Prabang - a place for dreamers?

I read a quote in Lonely Planet's LAOS book that was taken from a woman's journal written in 1909.

Martha Bassene wrote this:

Will Luang Prabang be, in our century of exact scientists, of quick profits, of victory by money, the refuge of the last dreamers, the last lovers, the last troubadours?

Almost 110 years later, I think she nailed it! I think the answer is yes.