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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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The song of coffee in paksong

The green and white flags are slightly east of the blue dot and represent the paksong area

Paksong is about 40 km east of Pakse, which is in the south of Laos and is known for its coffee plantations and excellent coffee beans.  It’s very nice riding up there during the rainy season since everything is green, but traveling off the main road can be very tricky since the dirt roads are most often very wet and the fine red volcanic soil, good for coffee bean growing, is very dangerous for two wheel traveling. it’s extremely slippery. we slipped once putting a few scratches on the motorcycle.

At a local coffee shop, the baristo is very carefully creating a nice design on a cup of coffee with some milk. 

The coffee processing factory. 

Roasting tea leaves. 

Here are ripe red coffee beans on the bush.

Here you see a ripe red coffee bean.
Inside are two sections. One section has a very soft greenish gel like covering.  the second section is a more dry brown half of the bean.  
When you separate the two halves, as you can see here, you notice the dryer brown section is somewhat concave.  
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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