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2 reviews 5 travel blogs 12 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Religious site
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Wat Mixay Vientiane
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Vientiane - ticking off the sights
When traveling through a country, especially at the pace we're at, it always seems natural to visit the capital. After all it should be the centre of the country, the heart-beat that keeps everything moving and working even for those living hundreds or thousands of miles away. What we found definitely explained a lot about Laos; it’s slow, …
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Vientiane
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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Capital City, Deep Conversations
... have. Angela said she slept fine, so I arrived tired, but not her I think. We checked into the Mixay guesthouse, so named after Wat Mixay at the top of the road. Our rooms weren't ready to be checked into so we went for breakfast at a bakery just up the ...
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Vientiane
... Guesthouse, which was full), looked after our backpacks for us while we were out searching. We ended up at Soukchaleun Guesthouse, just opposite Wat Mixay with a great fan room for US$10 (warm water, tv, fridge). It was a little noisy with traffic in the ...
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Vientiane
... langs de oever het centrum in gelopen waar ik diverse Boedhistische tempels (Wat In Paeng, Wat Hai Sok en Wat Mixay; vaak door de overheersingen beinvloed door Thais of Burmese invloeden) heb bezocht. Boedhisme vormt in Laos de hoofdreligie en is van ...
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Vientiane - unexpected friends
... in the city. In Laos they often keep poultry confined under large open work basket cages. Sort of restrained free range. Anyway outside Wat Mixay was a man with two such cages andhe had one hen under his arm and was washing it down with a damp sponge ...
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Sabaidee!
... people. In this climate getting water poured on you is not a bad idea really. Finally we found Mixay Paradise right next to a temple (Wat Mixay), and we didn't bother to change into fresh clothes; we'd be soaking wet in no time anyway. At sundown we went ...
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