Night time view of Phousi Hill

Phou si means “Holy Mountain” in Lao and the Phousi Stupa built in 1804 stands at the top of Phousi Hill located in the heart of the city. We climbed the 328 steps to the top and were rewarded with outstanding views of the surrounding mountains and the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers on either side.

Luang Prabang

June 24th 2007
Luang Prabang is a very beautiful city surrounded by green mountains and clay coloured waters. The whole city was listed as a world heritage site since 1995 by UNESCO. Consequently it gets a lot of tourists and you can see by the amount of guesthouses being built that those numbers will only increase over the years to come. We spent four days here and really didn’t do a great deal as we were f ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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