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.
This beautiful temple is done mostly in white and blue tiles but the inside of the temple is really unbelievable. The artwork and the paintings are something that you don’t find in many temples in Thailand. This temple is definitely worth a visit.
the lion is ….. at Marina Bay SandsGood perspective flying in at nighttime Marina Bay Sands in redno photoshop needed. beautiful evening lightsthe airport Jewel complex just before sunseta great food court
funny to see this guy wandering through the park. My advise? Don’t try to pet him.
Singapore is a city with great transportation, food and very friendly atmospheres. As a city with various parks and entertainment venues it is a great place to visit. But it is very expensive so bring your wheelbarrows filled with cash.
Food from many countries is plentiful. I recommend the chinese style offerings but since there is just about anything you might want just search and enjoy. There are many old buildings to photograph Remember there are many rules here so pay attention if you want to avoid a fine or worse, people getting very upset with you. Food courts often require you clean up after eating. Duck, duck, duckReligious sites sit next to each other symbolizing the peaceful atmosphere of Singapore. Fake trees but adds to the attractiveness of the park especially when lit up at nighttime. Interesting plants in the parks. He minds his own business there is room for movie promotionsYou can get your ears cleaned at this famous landmark Or take a drinkA hotel with a jungle rooftop bar/restaurant
Taiwan bubble tea is popularNighttime food stalls in Luwan PrabangThat’s one long riverboatGood spicy noodlesA very old stupah in A very small villageAdd a beer Lao sponsored festival they remind people not to fightLots of fresh watermelons for saleAt old Citroen sitting outside an elegant hotel in Luang PrabangA popular Korean personality displayed in a very good Korean restaurantHaving a lunch where President Obama visited 7 years ago.Warnings at the train ticket booth not to let your animals on the tracks and not to steal parts from the railroad
Only Lao and Chinese payment systems on the new fast train
the new fast train from Vientiane, Laos goes to Kunming in China. It is incredibly difficult to get tickets (Lao inefficiency with China’s communist paranoid super control mentalities mixed). The result is long lines in the city to buy tickets and the only pay methods accepted are Lao resident bank account payments (no tourists can get a bank account in Laos) and a Chinese credit card. Any tourists/non-residents have to hope there is a fellow standing by the window to accept cash and then use his local Lao bank account to transfer the money to the train company. All of this is done while people stand in a long line waiting to buy tickets. Some people are taking 15 to 20 minutes to buy tickets for various reasons. Then when you get to the train station you have to show your ticket and your ID to get inside the building to wait for the train. Then when they call the train you have to stand in a line to wait to get onto the platform. Once you’re on the platform you have to stand in line at the correct train car to wait for the doors to open to board the train. It seems to me like control freak obsessive compulsive disorder – China Communist Party! This is what Lao gets for letting China pay for the train.
bamboo used for baskets.splitting the bamboo into stripsstarting the basketa small coffee filter basket a stack of coffee filters sell for US$1 for quantity 10 to wholesalersa very cold waterfall pool swim and very refreshingkids in the neighborhood seeing their first white man in personDidn’t know they have Korean style cheese dogsThe local village TempleEntrance to the local templeNot always easy to control the cowsPeople enjoying at a local restaurantriver weed (not the cannabis kind)Buffalo skin, to be grilled for snacksRiver weed with local sausage and spicy saladI do like beer Lao!
A lunch in a countryside restaurant is a very relaxing and enjoyable experience Some traditional dancing during lunch A beautiful sunset in Vientiane, partly due to the smog
Vientian has very few attractions, but they do have quite a few restaurants out in the suburbs made of individual huts where you can sit and relax for hours, having a lunch, drinks and enjoy with friends some local music or possibly some modern pops.
Pakse is at the corner of two Rivers, the Mekong, and another river, and has a very beautiful views
pakse is in the south and it’s famous for the entrance to the mountains to the east which are famous worldwide for coffee beans, mostly arabic, as well as beautiful scenery and some fantastic waterfalls, some with swimmable pools. Rent a motorcycle and go around this area.
Visiting a friend’s teacher in PakseThis Monk from a temple near Pakse was, over 100 years ago, said to have magical powers, and thwarted some efforts by the French to subjugate him and his followersA very simple chicken soup lunch on the farm Visiting the farm The kids in the family and the dog A nice view for Valentine’s Day When you’re in Paksong you have some really beautiful views. This is coffee country In Paksong this resort had a spa, sauna A very cold but swimmable pool below a waterfall in Paksong The changing room at the waterfall A nice photo of the waterfall The beautiful waterfall up closeLuang Prabang is a world heritage site well worth visiting
Luang Prabang is a world heritage site and it’s a very walkable town with some more distant attractions as well. It is now very accessible by train as well as plane and is probably the most sought after vacation destination in Laos.
Coffee, flowers A busy street in Luang Prabang Luang Prabang night market Street This is not really beef. It is actually spicy red ant eggs. A very bad translation.A local restaurant anyone can get a license to drive a motorcycleA local wet market
in Vientiane we saw a sign reading “free haircut” so we stopped since I needed to get a very serious trim.
These guys most likely have finished some training and are doing free haircuts to get experience with different types of customers’ hair. They set up a little space on the side of the road where people can stop and get their free haircut. Their next step will be to get a job in a barbershop or hair salon. But of course we bought them each a nice cool drink.
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 viewvegetable marketsome like it hot!lots of bread and sandwich makers in Laos (PATE)some beautiful waterfalls have lost their supportcoffee areas are HIGHbeautiful Nagas welcome and protect templesWat PU, UNESCO site, old hindu temple unfinishedcooks scrambling to meet this restaurant’s demandstay right by the view and have a beer. morning is beautifuljust don’t fall backwardszipline across the canyon? hell NO!beautiful place to view the top of the waterfallTad Yeung waterfalla little scarya nearby botanical hot house areanever saw this one beforebeautiful butterflyvery red! going to DAO HUEANG market, biggest market in Pakse district
