A golden stupa, the national symbol of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha. Vientiane is a relaxed capital on the Mekong, with the Patuxai monument, Laos's 'Arc de Triomphe', and the COPE centre about unexploded bombs.
The Buddha Park, with eccentric giant concrete statues, is 25 km away by the river.
A small town on the Nam Song river surrounded by dramatic karst mountains, now known for outdoor adventures: kayaking, tubing, caving, rock climbing,…
Thousands of huge stone jars, up to 3 m tall, scattered across the hills around Phonsavan, made about 2,000 years ago, probably for burials, a UNESCO…
A multi-tiered waterfall in the forest with turquoise limestone pools for swimming, near Luang Prabang.
The old royal capital of Laos, on a peninsula where the Nam Khan meets the Mekong, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of golden temples, French colonial ho…
A ruined Khmer Hindu temple complex on the slopes of a mountain near Champasak, older than Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Where the Mekong spreads into a maze of islands near the Cambodian border.
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