Phonsavan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

Travel Blogs from Phonsavan (160)

The S.O.S. Orphange and School, Phonsavan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep travel blog
The S.O.S. Orphange and School
Jan 23, 2007

... The S.O.S. program runs an orphanage and a school, which are adjacent to one another.  We visited both while in Phonsavan.  Let's Go (which is written by Harvard students) stated that the orphanage had 800 occupants, many whose parents suffered ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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The Plain of Jars, Phonsavan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep travel blog
The Plain of Jars
Jan 22, 2007

... ; This is a theory held by others as well, but then he went on to say that he thinks the jars were large because the Lao people used to be giants, which allowed them to move the massive vessels.  The reason for the decrease in size over the last 2 ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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General Phonsavan Blog, Phonsavan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep travel blog
General Phonsavan Blog
Jan 21, 2007

... butchering a cadaver.  So we woke up every morning at sunrise to put in our ear plugs - my #1 travel necessity.   Phonsavan has a few decent restaurants.  The best part of the town is that despite the fact that the only people come to the ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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Mysterious ancient monuments and the scars of war, Phonsavan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep travel blog
Mysterious ancient monuments and the scars of war
Jul 24, 2005

... the base of some jars suggest that they were associated with burial. In the 1930s a French female archeologist had studied the Phonsavan sites and concluded that the dead were laid to rest inside the jars; however the Phetrasy family, who have done much ...

A travel blog entry by idarich
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