Kuay drove me to Buddha Park on his motorbike |
Lao motorbike license plate |
Lao national and party flags at the entrace to Buddha Park |
Xieng Kuane - Buddha Park, 24 km south of Vientiane |
Buddha Park was built starting in 1958 combining elements of Buddhism and Hinduism |
The entrance to the largest monument |
Inside the largest monument |
The three levels of the monument represent hell, earth and heavan |
View of Buddha Park |
A large reclining Buddha dominates the view |
Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Reclining Buddha with red flowers, Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Ganesh, Xieng Khuan |
Erawan and Indra, Xieng Khuan |
Erawan, the three-headed elephant, mount for the god Indra |
Indra mounted on Erawan |
Kuay at Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
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Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Green fields on the road to Vientiane |
The Mekong River separating Laos from Thailand |
Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River |
Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River |
The Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River to Thailand |
Green fields on the road to Vientiane |
National Ethnic Cultural Park, outside Vientiane |
National Ethnic Cultural Park (skippable) |
Traditional Lao house on stilts |
...just like West Africa... |
Statue of Lao Dancers, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
National Ethnic Cultural Park |
National Ethnic Cultural Park |
Spider, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
Monk's dormatory, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
Dinosaur, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
Coke can in Laos |
BeerLao Brewery, Vientiane |