Photos tagged as vientiane

Children giving perspective to the the huge concrete reclining Buddha in Vientiane

Date: 10 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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New concrete reclining Buddha, Vientiane

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Grilled green banana snack with banana leaf plate, by the mighty Mekong

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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By the Mekong

I'm not sure who this is. (Peter took my Laos Rough guide with him and it's now somewhere in southern Vietnam) but clearly venerated and an impressive monument.

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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There's something about the Mekong that fascinates me. Possibly as it is so wide (and fast flowing at the moment due to all the rains) and that it travels down through China, Laos, Cambodia and out into the South China Sea in Southern Vietnam. It provides livelihoods for tens of millions of people, it's 4800 km long and is politically and enviromentally sensitive ..... to read more, here's the link to the Mekong Commission http://www.mrcmekong.org/about_mekong/about_mekong.htm

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
Tags: laos vientiane transport
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The recently completed "promenade" in Vientiane along the Mekong banks.

Not many people around - more young monks, clearly visible in their robes.

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Vientiane

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Banana leaf origami holders at the Pha That Luang

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Pha That Luang

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Pha That Luang

Date: 9 August 2011
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Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Pha That Luang

Date: 9 August 2011
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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Pha That Luang

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Woman trying to sell small birds in bamboo cages to a tourist

Date: 9 August 2011
Photographer: langforda: gallery
Location: Vientiane, Laos
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Patuxai in Vientiane, Laos

Built in 1962 with concrete given by the US to build the runway at the airport, this "monster of concrete" (that's how it's described on the board at its base) resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris but called the Victory Gate of Vientiane, and never finished "due to the country's turbulent history".