Journey to Vientiane ; Mix of Temples, Colonial Architecture Fill Capital City of Laos
The Columbian › January 03, 2005
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VIENTIANE, Laos - A slow, thumping drum beat summoned about 15 Buddhist monks wrapped in orange robes as the sun began to rise, and they gathered at a massive gold stupa called Pha That Luang the most important national symbol in Laos.
It was 6 a.m. and I met up with the drowsy but smiling monks as I began a one-day tour of Vientiane, the Lao capital that wraps around a bend in the Mekong River one of the world's great waterways.See the full content of this document
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Journey to Vientiane ; Mix of Temples, Colonial Architecture Fill Capital City of Laos
Vientiane is a flat, dusty city of about 133,000. It's the hub of the region's poorest and most isolated country, gripped by a creaky, often uptight communist system.
But Vientiane which means Sandalwood City is fu...See the full content of this document
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