Around Vientiane

Saturday 08/12/2012 - AROUND VENTIANE.

Motorbiking around Ventiane.

Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park).
A park full of Buddhist and Hindu, designed and build by one single man. 25km from Vientiane.

Breughel?

Entrance of the monument.

Roof exit.

;-)

The view from the roof exit.

Where is Michel now?

Underway: Monks opening a funeral procession.

Buddhist sites.

 Pha That Luang, The most important national monument in Laos.

Symbol of both the Buddhist religion and Lao sovereignty

Around the stupa, a galery full of phallic symbols.

Wat Si Muang.  More phallic...

Mother and daughter praying in front of the Phallus Buddha representation

(the pillar wrapped in sacred cloth) in Wat Si Muang.

 Devotees deposit broken deity images here to get rid of the bad luck,

created by the breaking of these items.

Strange food in the supermarket...

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