Black Stupa (That Dam) Vientiane

Chantha Khoumane Road, Between the Fountain and the Victory Monument Vientiane , Lao Peoples Dem Rep
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    Vientiane

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    De aankomst op het vliegveld in Laos ging gepaard met de te verwachten klimaatsverandering. Met een graadje of 25 in de avond kon ik de overkleding die ik zo'n beetje constant had gedragen vanaf Lhasa vaarwel zeggen en die tijden gaan gezien mijn verdere reisplanning ook niet meer terugkomen. Dat wil zeggen: TOT ik weer naar Nederland afreis :-). …

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    Sleepy capital along the Mekong

    So we arrived in Vientiane (most of us) after having a few hours kayaking..and even more in the back of a pick up truck completely covered in dust and dirt. I have never seen my face look so dirty and I even managed to get a 'tan' line on my arms!

    Vientiane is a nice place, but strangely enough if does not feel like a capital city. It …

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    Walking around the nations capital - very quiet!

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    ... lunch as the hunger drums were banging in my gut. We made our way back towards the bakery, taking a small detour to pass the Black Stupa on the way. This should actually be called the Green Stupa due to all the moss and plants growing on it! The Stupa ...

  • 2

    Return of the Cack

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    ... monument, which is an 'Arc de Triumphe' kind of looking structure to remember 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 a look at Wat Hai Sok in a vain attempt to prove ...

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    A quiet capital city

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    ... sovereignty. An image of the main stupa appears on the national seal. We wander back towards the city centre, pass That Dam (Black Stupa) before we are asked a question by a Polish couple enjoying their late lunch. Pavel asked 'what is there to do ...

  • 4

    Pakse and Vientiane (24th to 29th January)

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    ... , the legacies left included good Coffee, Baguettes, Cakes and the Arc De Triomph.    Our guest house was near "the black stupa", as old as the hills, and now perched on a roundabout  -  around which was some lovely (but ...

  • 5

    Vientiane

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    ... pre-revolutionary wars. The best bit is that it was build using cement donated by the USA meant for a new airport! That Dam, the Black Stupa is the old monument near the US embassy where the guards weren't too happy I took a picture. In the evening we ...

  • 6

    Vientiane velly hot

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    ... - although saying that I've learnt a lot about Temple Architecture recently so I'll bore everyone on our return. Walked back via the Black Stupa and Wat Si Supet - again very nice if you like Wats. Becoming Same Same now. A point of note. Laap ...

  • 7

    Stuping in Vientiane

    ... like a good pack horse for the past few weeks). Then we had a yummy french lunch, and began our tour of Vientiane. This basically involved seeing one Stupa (the Black Stupa, as it is black) and a really ugly Arc de Triomphe knock-off made of US concrete, ...

  • 8

    the most chilled-out capital city in the world

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    ... pool, the central market, the That Dam stupa and the Patuxai. The latter two were particularly interesting:   That Dam, translating as 'the black stupa', is a big black mossy old stupa in the middle of the city, said to have originally been covered ...

  • 9

    Vientiane and the ride of our lives

    ... is really expensive so we decide against it.  After walking for about half an hour we stuble on the first site, the Black Stupa, it's a bit non-descript.  Essentially just a big black, overgrown stupa in the middle of a roundabout, in the ...

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    VIP

    ... Bill let her do it to him, turned out the can was filled with water. We finally found a place to eat near That Dum, the black stupa. We had some ginger chicken, pork ribs, Thai iced tea and BeerLao. The food was good and the lady was very nice, ...