Laos 7 days / 6 nights. A program off Chiangmai
that takes you to Chiang Khong on the Mekong River. After
visa formalities cross the river and travel by riverboat to
Pak Baeng, while enjoying the virgin jungle-clad mountains.
See the local temple and market of this small settlement
on the riverbanks, where tribesmen from the surroundings
come to sell their daily produce of vegetables and fruits.
Explore the Tham Tong caves where devote Buddhist have
placed hundreds of Buddha images. Continue to Luang Prabang,
declared World Heritage Site by Unesco. Admire the exquisite
temples of this enchanting city. Also see the former Royal
Palace, now a museum, where the last Lord of the "Land
of Legends" resided.
Over rolling jungle-clad mountains continue to Vientiane.
Explore this capital with the soul of a village and enjoy
a Lao beer and a papaya salad at one of the small food stalls
on the riverbanks.
Visit the morning market, where loafs of French bread exotically
contrast with the indigenous vegetables. Climb up the stairs
to Pataxai, the Lao version of the "Arc the Triomph".
In the Sisaket temple you can observe more then 6800 images
of Shakyamuni, the Enlightened One. Also visit Ho Pa Keow,
the former royal house temple with some fine bronzes and
the "Museum of the Revolution" in an impressive
colonial building…
