Journey Through Laos


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Asia » Laos
December 30th 2005
Published: April 5th 2006
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Claire and I are taking the “Journey through Laos” tour with a UK based company called The Imaginative Traveller. This will be a real change for me and I’m looking forward to letting someone else deal with arrangements. We’re due to spend a couple of days in Bangkok, then a day in Chiang Mai in the North of Thailand. Then we cross the Mekong into Laos and spend two days sailing down to the... Read Full Entry



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Buddha Statues

Pak Ou caves, just north of Luang Prabang contain hundreds of these Buddha figures.
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Peace and War

Buddhist monk next to remains of anti-aircraft gun.
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Abandoned wat

Accross the river from Luang Prabang
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Luang Prabang

Morning alms-giving to the monks.
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Luang Prabang

Morning alms-giving to the monks.
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Phonsavan

Animals on sale in the local market in tiny cages. You see incredible cruelty to animals in Thailand and Laos.
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Phonsavan

Vegetables on sale in the local market
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Plain of Jars, Phonsavan

Loads of UXO clearing work has taken place.
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Plain of Jars, Phonsavan

Incredible pre-historic site!
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Plain of Jars, Phonsavan

Signs mark where it's safe to walk.
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Plain of Jars

One bridge for the dry season, one for the wet.



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