Category: Pakse

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pakse-paksong food and…

in the 1970s Laos was the most bombed country in history. We visited a coffee shop which was partly destroyed by something and highlighted some of the weaponry was used against the objects of the bombing some of which included innocent civilians.

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The cappuccino and sweets were very nice
You can see the bullet holes in the walls
This pizza in this small town of Pakse was amazingly delicious
Selling frogs at the local market for lunch or dinner
Nice spicy salads in the nice sunny weather
Picking out avocados at $.70 a kilo
Red ants have created a nest of leaves filled with eggs which are a delicacy
It really wonderful avocado and mango smoothie made in a bistro owned by a German fellow who was from a small town near Munich where we happen to be going in the next week
Avocados growing everywhere
And of course we have to have some Korean food to spice up our life
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Paksong -Southern Laos (coffee, tea, avocados)

Local monks helping fix the walkway by the river
A beautiful sunset in Pakse
Waiting with the family tractor for the rain to stop
Tad fang waterfall in Poksong
Do you wanna do the zip line across the canyon? Pretty scary
You can have a table sent along on the zip line so you can drink your coffee suspended over the canyon. They have another option so you can sleep in a hammock on the zip line over the canyon. Is that on your bucket list?
The dogs don’t care who’s doing the zip line training
Parallel zip lines. The guy in Orange on the right is getting his phone ready to video the person on the left as they go across the canyon
Avocados are available in this area for about $.70 per kilo and they are delicious. Most people have avocado trees in their yard and then they put up a little stand in front of their house on the road to sell their avocados
There was quite an accident with these trucks and trailers
A captured American army Jeep with the wrong force identifier under the windshield. It obviously it’s still running but has been extensively used
This very aggressive Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer is using 3M for some parts of their manufacturing and probably display the company symbol. This was on a local taxi, part of a new, inexpensive, taxi service in Vientiane
The new Lao development bank in Pakse. The architecture is a little bewildering. It is very white.
The kid on the back really wanted to wave to me but he is following the strict orders from his younger brother who is driving to hang on tight and not let go
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Wat Si Mung Khun – Pakse, Laos

Pakse is a city in south of Laos which is fairly small but a very nice city to enjoy some relaxation and very close to Paksong, a center for coffee growing and tea plantations in Laos. You may not know this but Laos is very famous for coffee production and this area is famous For that since it has very productive volcanic soil. And this Monk from this temple is very famous for having certain magical powers which, according to one story, helped him evade captured by the French who occupied louse as a colony. Of course this month died over 100 years ago.

The famous bodhi tree at the temple
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Pakse, Laos – And a highland paradise (coffee included)

Tad Fan Waterfall

Pakse is a beautiful small town in the southern part of Laos and right next to the entrance to the Paksong Highlands where they grow a lot of very delicious coffee and have some very beautiful waterfalls. It’s a really great place to visit and I recommend renting a motorcycle or car to go up into the Highlands and look around. There are also some beautiful temples to visit so just spend about four or five days there and enjoy.

how many languages?
future dinners
nice view
vegetable market
some like it hot!
lots of bread and sandwich makers in Laos (PATE)
some beautiful waterfalls have lost their support
coffee areas are HIGH
beautiful Nagas welcome and protect temples
Wat PU, UNESCO site, old hindu temple unfinished
cooks scrambling to meet this restaurant’s demand
stay right by the view and have a beer. morning is beautiful
just don’t fall backwards
zipline across the canyon? hell NO!
beautiful place to view the top of the waterfall
Tad Yeung waterfall
a little scary
a nearby botanical hot house area
never saw this one before
beautiful butterfly
very red!

going to DAO HUEANG market, biggest market in Pakse district
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Parking in Pakse

The quiet city of Pakse on the Mekong

Pakse, Laos, is a small city in the south, on the Mekong close to a coffee growing area. It is a place you should visit if you visit Laos. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakse)

This 10,000 Kip note shows the bridge and hills in the photo above this one.
Visit the Buddha on the hill giving you the view.
Near sunset.
Kannon is found in many places.
as Igor said, “walk this way”
Lotus is edible
subtle taste
you need energy for this one
the countryside from a viewpoint
dinner time
fancy coffee shop
this was actually taken in Buda park in Vientiane area
goat meat restaurant. We ate noodles
so delicious I forgot to take the photo before eating. Great Korean food
ruins of a massive, unfinished temple
crocodile is a rock
elephant in a rock
this is the ruler who created this expensive temple site
protecting the temple from insects
typical Khmer style temple window
a view from the top of the temple complex
Korean food in pakse was delicious
a friend’s former teacher
a simple farm lunch; chicken with veggies and spicy sauce
come to see who is visiting the farm
so many people, in their spare time, weave material or create baskets for storage and cooking.
the raw material
some of the finished product selling for less than US 10 cents to a wholesaler.
farm working shed complete with dogs, chickens, pigs and ducks
a rural farm community store

the road to this farm was all dirt but a lot of it was just a mass of holes filled with water, extremely difficult for a small motorcycle to travel through. It was quite a challenge getting here without falling off into the mud

a typical countryside home
The land is very dry. Without the adequate infrastructure for irrigated farming it’s very uncommon to have two harvest seasons in this country which greatly hinders the economy. One reason Thailand is more successful agriculturally is the ability to harvest twice a year
Home, Home on the range
the only way to travel. Play motorcycle side car