20050529 Vientiane

 

 

20050529 Vientiane

We crossed the border to Laos from Nong Khai (Thailand) through Friendship Bridge to Laos border. No visa required for Malaysian. Vientiane looks completely different to my expectation, no lively noisy scenes as seen in Bangkok or Saigon or Phnom Penh, very peaceful & quiet. The city has nothing much to offer to the tourists. The Morning Market is just a sheltered market for trading daily commodities, electrical items, hand phones, clothing and gold / jewelries.

 

Chartered tuk-tuk (driver Sang) Baht 200 for 2 hr city tour Haw Pha Kaew sDSC069901.jpg sDSC069941.jpg Patouxay, the Laos version of Arc de Triomphe is not impressive in the closer look sDSC070001.jpg sDSC070111.jpg Vat Xieng Khuan has many religion related sculptures sDSC070181.jpg Pha That Luang, the Golden Temple sDSC072421.jpg Music Fountain

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