Today we started by going to another temple. This temple is where the emerald Buddha was housed before being moved to bangkok. From there we went to the victory gate, the Laotian arc de triumphe. Walking up, you get a panoramic view of the city. Back on the bus to yet another temple. That temple had 10000 Buddhas. There are a lot of Buddhas here, to say the least. Lunch was at a local restaurant where my favorite dish was marigolds. After lunch we were taken to c...

Today we started by going to another temple. This temple is where the emerald Buddha was housed before being moved to bangkok. From there we went to the victory gate, the Laotian arc de triumphe. Walking up, you get a panoramic view of the city. Back on the bus to yet another temple. That temple had 10000 Buddhas. There are a lot of Buddhas here, to say the least. Lunch was at a local restaurant where my favorite dish was marigolds. After lunch we were taken to c...

Today was a travel day to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. We left luang Pranang where there are no traffic lights to here which is very city like. Our hotel is in the center of town. We did a short walk around to a park. We were treated to a banana and egg crepe which was very good. dinner was in the hotel. A few of us had had enough of the healthy diet with fruit for dessert. So we walked to swensons, a California ice cream place for dessert. Swensons is right n...

We started the day by visiting a paper factory. The paper was magnificent. We did purchase some souvenirs there. Today was kind of a lazy day spent going down the Mekong river to the cave of the Buddhas. We saw life along the river, washing clothes, bathing, and cooking. Water buffalo could be spotted along the shore as well as elephant rides. It is very easy to imagine soldiers coming down the mountains and crossing the Mekong river. The war of our youth we prot...

We started the day by visiting a paper factory. The paper was magnificent. We did purchase some souvenirs there. Today was kind of a lazy day spent going down the Mekong river to the cave of the Buddhas. We saw life along the river, washing clothes, bathing, and cooking. Water buffalo could be spotted along the shore as well as elephant rides. It is very easy to imagine soldiers coming down the mountains and crossing the Mekong river. The war of our youth we prot...