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Recommended Attractions in Vientiane

Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE) Vientiane

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  • Mar 16, 2009: ... time to visit. Cope stands for "Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise" and their center provides prosthetics and ...
  • May 9, 2008: ... visiting COPE, which stands for the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise, a not for profit organisation providing ...

Great Sacred Stupa (Pha That Luang) Vientiane

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  • Dec 22, 2003: ... , including the most important in Laos, the Great Sacred Stupa (Pha That Luang). From Vientiane we took a bus north to the ...
  • May 11, 2005: ... capital would be complete without a stop at Laos' most important national monument, the massive, golden Great Sacred Stupa.
  • Jul 29, 2007: ... monument of Lao Buddhism and sovereignty, the Pha That Luang. The Great Sacred Stupa was first stupa'd here a few millenium ...
  • Sep 6, 2007: ... ) did not disappoint, it is called Pha That Luang (great sacred stupa), from a distance I thought I was walking up to a big ...

Wat Si Saket Vientiane

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  • Mar 2, 2006: ... being no street names and saw 5-6 Wats and monuments. One Wat (Wat Si Saket) was very impressive as it had over 3000 Buddhas ...
  • Sep 11, 2005: ... I'd seen in Cambodia. In fact one of them, Wat Si Saket, was actually the only pagoda that survived the Siamese invasion of ...
  • Dec 7, 2007: ... the road about ½ of mile or so until we came to the "Wat Si Saket. This temple was built in 1818 by King Anouvong and is the ...
  • Mar 5, 2005: ... bit of a better job. We checked out yet another wat, Wat Si Saket, which had the distinction of not getting trashed by ...

Ho Pra Keo Vientiane

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Buddha Park (Xiang Khouan) Vientiane

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  • Feb 2, 2007: ... guess that's all I have to say about Vientiane. We took a day trip out to the Buddha Park, which I'll post separately. My ...
  • Oct 15, 2007: ... your passengers from smoking I guess. We arrived at the Buddha Park, shaken and highly flammable and spent an hour looking ...
  • May 11, 2009: ... more chilled. Anyway we then went on an adventure to find the Buddha Park (unfortunately, not a theme park, but a park full ...
  • Sep 11, 2005: ... decided to get a tuk-tuk to the Buddha Park at Xieng Khuan, about 25km from Vientiane. It would be my first glimpse of the ...

Anousavari Monument (Victory Monument) Vientiane

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Patuxai Vientiane

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  • May 11, 2004: ... and only offers a look out over the nonexistent Vientiane skyline. Monday started similarly to Sunday, but instead of ...
  • Sep 11, 2005: ... Mekong River, not 500m away! Then I thought, what makes Vientiane uniquely Lao? In my 18 hours in the country, I'd seen ...
  • Nov 13, 2007: ... in line was another local bus ride to the capital of Lao, Vientiane. We didn't understand why many buses throughout Lao had ...
  • May 30, 2006: ... time where there were only chickens walking down the street, Vientiane had loads of cars and motorbikes now, but I still ...

Lao National History Museum Vientiane

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  • Oct 5, 2007: ... After lunch it was museum time! This was the Lao National History museum, taking us on a journey from pre history all ...
  • Feb 9, 2005: ... tourist and, with his friend Marcus, visited the Lao National History Museum. I didn't feel like learning much that day and ...
  • Jun 28, 2008: ... next door to my hotel. The Lao National History Museum, like so many buildings in Vientiane, is located inside a colonial ...
  • Jul 27, 2003: ... that big. It was an entertaining afternoon at the Lao National History Museum, where all the photographs and weapons have ...

Sisaket Temple & Museum Vientiane

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Wat Mixay Vientiane

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  • Dec 24, 2006: ... out searching. We ended up at Soukchaleun Guesthouse, just opposite Wat Mixay with a great fan room for US$10 (warm water, ...
  • Jan 15, 2009: ... work basket cages. Sort of restrained free range. Anyway outside Wat Mixay was a man with two such cages andhe had one hen ...

Black Stupa (That Dam) Vientiane

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  • Aug 28, 2008: ... back towards the bakery, taking a small detour to pass the Black Stupa on the way. This should actually be called the Green ...
  • May 2, 2003: ... the Laos people killed in the war. Then I went to the black stupa, which is a kind of stupa which is black, and finally had ...
  • Jan 29, 2008: ... , Cakes and the Arc De Triomph. Our guest house was near "the black stupa", as old as the hills, and now perched on a ...
  • Apr 5, 2009: ... donated by the USA meant for a new airport! That Dam, the Black Stupa is the old monument near the US embassy where the ...

Presidential Palace Vientiane

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  • Nov 21, 2006: ... was already stifling. The tour took in a few temples and the Presidential Palace but was over in one hour so I sat down at ...
  • Aug 28, 2008: ... we will do our best. First place we went to was the Presidential Palace. Now this place has seen better days. It needs a good ...
  • Nov 3, 2005: ... see a beatifully proportioned, but crumbling, villa in the presidential palace compound that looks like the best property ...
  • Feb 21, 2009: ... Saw all officialdom firsthand when i was passing past the Presidential Palace all the traffic was stopped and a motorcade ...

Santisuk Lang Xang Golf Club Vientiane

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Papaya Spa Vientiane

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  • Dec 4, 2007: ... One of which was that we just had to visit Papaya Spa in Vientiane. With hindsight, we are very grateful that the service ...

Wat Sokpaluang Vientiane

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Eagle Golf Driving Range Vientiane

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Wat Dongpalan Vientiane

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Wat Ong Teu Vientiane

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  • Jul 23, 2009: ... An unserem ersten Tag in Vientiane haben wir einen richtigen Tempelparcours hingelegt. Vom Wat Ong Teu Mahawihan und dem Wat ...
  • Aug 28, 2004: ... constructed 1565), aged french colonial homes, the National Library, Wat Ong Teu (Temple of the Heavy Buddha), and Wat Hai ...
  • Nov 11, 2007: ... Arch d'Triomph) and then to pretty much every wat in Vientiane (which is a big call to make). In between ...

Wat Si Muang Vientiane

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  • Jan 9, 2009: ... , I visited the Wat Si Saket, Haw Pha Kaew, and Wat Si Muang before stopping to recharge my batteries at an Internet cafe. I ...
  • Sep 1, 2003: ... in my opinion should be visited, and possibly a third (Wat Si Muang), for containing the city pillar. Wat Si Saket ...

Morning Market Vientiane

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  • Nov 19, 2005: ... and had to double back. We knew it was somewhere near the morning market so when we arrived at a market we assumed we were ...
  • Mar 22, 2006: ... later)and finding a place to stay. Went to the Talat Sao (Morning Market) as its right next to the visa office. Got hot and ...
  • Feb 23, 2006: ... a snake brings good luck, seing a deer brings bad luck. The morning market was still open when we got back, and then we of ...
  • Nov 7, 2007: ... templo y punto de paso para muchos viajantes. Tambien tiene un morning market, pero a mi esto de los mecados no me va mucho ...