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| Cultural center of Vientiane |
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| Lao's capital city still has a French touch |
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| Black Stupa (That Dam) |
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| Good quality from Rrrrussia ? |
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| Vientiane "Champs-Elysees": Lane Xang |
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| And even an "Arc de Triomphe": Patuxai |
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| From under |
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| That guy must be lost |
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| Drying chili |
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| Pha That Luang |
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| From the golden stuppa, you get a view over the surrounding temples |
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| Monks and monastery |
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| Interesting: people are training for the entrance ceremony of the ASEAN games |
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| The communist flag looks funny next to Pepsi :) |
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| World Vision mansion in Vientiane. No comment. |
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| Inside the wall, each square hole is for a funeral box (for ashes) |
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| The presidential palace |
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| Wat Si Saket, closed at this time, we'll come back tomorrow |
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| Haw Pha Kaew |
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| Sunset by the Mekong. Thailand looks so close. |
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| Fuit shake store |
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| Wat Si Saket again, the next day |
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| Main temple |
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| The murals are old but still impressive |
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| Some kittens found refuge near Buddha ... or perhaps these were monks in another life :) |
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| Around the temple, wall are lined up with more statues of Buddha, including in the small holes |
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| And back to Haw Pha Kaew |
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| This temple had been built to host the Emerald Buddha at some time |
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| A very nice temple, for sure |
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| Lao is a communist country ... and they do have a "Ministry of Truth" ... |
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