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Vientiane
Probably the quietest capital city in the world
Currently has 22 entries.
The Tat Luang - possibly one of the blingest temples in the world
For a capital city Vientiane, well, it's a bit shit. When you've got a population less than ..
Reflected in a tuk tuk mirror
Wendy speeding along
''Schnell, herr tuk tuk, schnell.''
The Putaxie - the main landmark in Vientaine
Reportedly it's made from concrete donated by the American's to make a new runway. The closer ..
How not to big up your monuments
This plaque is on the side of the Patuxie - Vientaine's Arc de Triomphe. If you look closely you ..
Huge Vientiane neon sign in the daytime
Crumbling French villas
Actually Vientiane is full of extremely well preserved grand French villas from a time when it ..
A crumbling chedi
A chedi is the centrepiece of a temple, a bit like a steeple in a church. The shape is supposed to ..
A much better preserved temple.
If you look, on the right hand side, you can just see the moon. It's nice, different, unusual. ..
A Lao hospital
You really don't want to end up here. Much better, so says the Lonely Planet traveller's bible, ..
Monkey steals and then destroys our water bottle
A sign with a interesting turn of phrase...
..which would be forgivable were the sign not sponsored by the Australian government, as you ..
In the Buddha Park looking cheesy
A big park full of hundreds of Buddhist and Hindu staues
Doug and Wendy striking a respectful pose
Showbiz statue
Da-daah!
Wendy and a very big Buddha
A lot of statue love going on in this park
Including some quite chilling statues representing hell
Beerlao - practically the only beer you can buy in Laos
But it's good, it's cheap and drunk about that much of it.
Downtown Vientaine
LA it aint.
Sweetly fragrant open sewers
The hammer and sickle - still cool in Laos
And you thought it ws cosigned to history in the late eighties! ..
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