Laos

LAOS SUBDIVISIONS VIENTIANE AND SURROUNDINGS Vientiane, the capital city of Laos is a riverside city set on northern bank of the Mekong River. For many…

THE PRE-HISTORY OF LAOS The south of Laos boasts one of the world’s largest deposits of dinosaur bones. During the 1930s French geologist Josue Heilman…

Immediately to the west, the Nam Ngum reservoir is situated which delimits the park boundary. The watercourses, the Nam Xan, Nam Koui and the Nam…

This is a beautiful lagoon is created as the Nam Don River emerges from a cave below a large cliff 300m tall. You can ride…

The mountainous center of Luang Namtha Province has been designated as the Nam Ha National Protected Area (NPA) in 1993. It was first established by…

This village located 4km to the north of Luang Prabang was a former royal weaving village. You can view women working on their looms, buy…

The Ho Prakeo, a chapel that once held the Emerald Buddha that is now in Bangkok\’s Grand Palace. Next to the presidential palace, in the…

LAOS ECONOMY Laos is a landlocked country with an inadequate infrastructure and a largely unskilled work force. The country’s per capita income in 2004 was…

THE MON AND KHMER KINGDOMS The Mon-Khmer speaking peoples are believed to have migrated into mainland South East Asia from either south west China or…

The Boloven plateau is a very fertile plain to the North of Pakse. Coffee and Durian are grown. Durians are harvested from May to July;…

The Tham Heup is a large and impressive cave that you can walk right through. The cave is 1.1km long, and has some beautiful rock…

The falls of Kouang Si about 29 km south of Luang Prabang are considered the most picturesque in the area. The large multi-stage waterfall, accessible…