Another sunset attempt

Wat Sop Sickharam and Wat Xiengthong, Luang Prabang

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March 7th 2010
After a couple of days out and about we spent today exploring Luang Prabang a bit more. We thought that we should explore a couple of the wats because the considerable number of Buddhist temples is one of the things for which Luang Prabang is famous. We started early, getting up at 6.15am so that we could observe the monk’s morning alms taking. The monks come past the Lotus Villa each morning a ... 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