![Kuay drove me to Buddha Park on his motorbike](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319229.8Hy9yNW0.LaosFeb07127.jpg) Kuay drove me to Buddha Park on his motorbike |
![Lao motorbike license plate](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887990.4vlsGnXM.LaosFeb07147.jpg) Lao motorbike license plate |
![Lao national and party flags at the entrace to Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319203.mDwB6IGP.LaosFeb07052.jpg) Lao national and party flags at the entrace to Buddha Park |
![Xieng Kuane - Buddha Park, 24 km south of Vientiane](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319225.ZwRPe7KS.LaosFeb07122.jpg) Xieng Kuane - Buddha Park, 24 km south of Vientiane |
![Buddha Park was built starting in 1958 combining elements of Buddhism and Hinduism](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887694.xC8iAXP8.LaosFeb07054.jpg) Buddha Park was built starting in 1958 combining elements of Buddhism and Hinduism |
![The entrance to the largest monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887695.vwre065C.LaosFeb07057.jpg) The entrance to the largest monument |
![Inside the largest monument](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319204.CkbL7an0.LaosFeb07059.jpg) Inside the largest monument |
![The three levels of the monument represent hell, earth and heavan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319205.0PTwzdjB.LaosFeb07062.jpg) The three levels of the monument represent hell, earth and heavan |
![View of Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319206.w7J8Q7e2.LaosFeb07063.jpg) View of Buddha Park |
![A large reclining Buddha dominates the view](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319208.EYGMXCR9.LaosFeb07065.jpg) A large reclining Buddha dominates the view |
![Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319209.9GOTWcPO.LaosFeb07066.jpg) Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887696.olFpfIEa.LaosFeb07064.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319210.GuYE1Oyh.LaosFeb07068.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Reclining Buddha with red flowers, Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887697.XEOWKtPN.LaosFeb07070.jpg) Reclining Buddha with red flowers, Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887698.8Ru1l33t.LaosFeb07071.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887699.IHm8zfgC.LaosFeb07072.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887700.GiAVD6tS.LaosFeb07078.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319211.jXQ36YkT.LaosFeb07069.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319212.dOpHB79h.LaosFeb07073.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319213.O26Ub8uN.LaosFeb07077.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887701.sqHjN2D8.LaosFeb07079.jpg) Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887702.gPBLc5gn.LaosFeb07080.jpg) Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887704.sztqAYmj.LaosFeb07085.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319214.RdUXq8vL.LaosFeb07086.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319215.fLXpNHBp.LaosFeb07093.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319216.lugejwyQ.LaosFeb07100.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Ganesh, Xieng Khuan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319217.GXU9NheV.LaosFeb07102.jpg) Ganesh, Xieng Khuan |
![Erawan and Indra, Xieng Khuan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319218.jR7Y8QxA.LaosFeb07103.jpg) Erawan and Indra, Xieng Khuan |
![Erawan, the three-headed elephant, mount for the god Indra](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319220.E5VTAdyU.LaosFeb07107.jpg) Erawan, the three-headed elephant, mount for the god Indra |
![Indra mounted on Erawan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319221.gvEK0iRM.LaosFeb07108.jpg) Indra mounted on Erawan |
![Kuay at Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887705.TVT7Pofh.LaosFeb07091.jpg) Kuay at Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319219.Q5mJsarl.LaosFeb07104.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887706.1pFR6uTZ.LaosFeb07094.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887707.KleheroY.LaosFeb07095.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887708.Xhi01NE5.LaosFeb07097.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887709.dDviYED7.LaosFeb07109.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![LaosFeb07 114.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887710.GzcJfgf8.LaosFeb07114.jpg) LaosFeb07 114.jpg |
![Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887987.QwgMdnJe.LaosFeb07116.jpg) Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
![Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319222.7V2Ml1p6.LaosFeb07117.jpg) Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan |
![Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319224.juBULBFY.LaosFeb07118.jpg) Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park |
![Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887988.LV4R5FEv.LaosFeb07119.jpg) Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
![Green fields on the road to Vientiane](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/74887989.hPvObWCX.LaosFeb07128.jpg) Green fields on the road to Vientiane |
![The Mekong River separating Laos from Thailand](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319227.c1MyxrMB.LaosFeb07125.jpg) The Mekong River separating Laos from Thailand |
![Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319226.TtJZ88CZ.LaosFeb07124.jpg) Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River |
![Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319228.wF9lh0mS.LaosFeb07126.jpg) Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River |
![The Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River to Thailand](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319235.O3e9HUXy.LaosFeb07137.jpg) The Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River to Thailand |
![Green fields on the road to Vientiane](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319230.Kwbr02TF.LaosFeb07128.jpg) Green fields on the road to Vientiane |
![National Ethnic Cultural Park, outside Vientiane](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319242.JNDIxIBp.LaosFeb07146.jpg) National Ethnic Cultural Park, outside Vientiane |
![National Ethnic Cultural Park (skippable)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319231.RyOJ32BA.LaosFeb07131.jpg) National Ethnic Cultural Park (skippable) |
![Traditional Lao house on stilts](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319233.NPl18jqs.LaosFeb07135.jpg) Traditional Lao house on stilts |
![...just like West Africa...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319234.vWjGHXBf.LaosFeb07136.jpg) ...just like West Africa... |
![Statue of Lao Dancers, National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319236.43ij47O3.LaosFeb07138.jpg) Statue of Lao Dancers, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319237.mJMZGKS6.LaosFeb07140.jpg) National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319238.HjMDTfTq.LaosFeb07141.jpg) National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![Spider, National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319239.et5MvJA0.LaosFeb07143.jpg) Spider, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![Monk's dormatory, National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319240.nck6U4se.LaosFeb07144.jpg) Monk's dormatory, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![Dinosaur, National Ethnic Cultural Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319232.tSPMiKZ8.LaosFeb07132.jpg) Dinosaur, National Ethnic Cultural Park |
![Coke can in Laos](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319241.QttduqkC.LaosFeb07145.jpg) Coke can in Laos |
![BeerLao Brewery, Vientiane](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/75319243.klhpoJWR.LaosFeb07148.jpg) BeerLao Brewery, Vientiane |