Travel to Lao PDR

19 days in Vientiane from 4 - 22 January 2009                 

French Wine Barrel, Vientiane

Woh, this can drown you

Restaurants along Mekong River, Vientiane

The Grand Stupa (That Luang), Vientiane

The most important national and religious monument of Laos,
a symbol of the Laotian nation, which is represented in the arms of the country.
It was built by King Setthathirah in 1566.
The monument is built on the location of an older Stupa which is believed to contain a relic of the Buddha.

Patouxay or Victory Monument (Patouxay), Vientiane

The monument is devoted to victims of pre-Revolutionary wars - Laotian soldiers.

It was built in 1969 and reminds one of the Parisian Arc de Triomphe

Visit to Luang Prabang,

the ancient capital city of the Lanoxang Kingdom,

is the UNESCO Heritage city

and famed for classic Lao temple architecture.

Procession of Monks receiving alms in the early hours in Luang Prabang