Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park

Kuay drove me to Buddha Park on his motorbike	Lao motorbike license plate	Lao national and party flags at the entrace to Buddha Park	Xieng Kuane - Buddha Park, 24 km south of Vientiane
Buddha Park was built starting in 1958 combining elements of Buddhism and Hinduism	The entrance to the largest monument	Inside the largest monument	The three levels of the monument represent hell, earth and heavan
View of Buddha Park	A large reclining Buddha dominates the view	Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Reclining Buddha with red flowers, Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Ganesh, Xieng Khuan	Erawan and Indra, Xieng Khuan
Erawan, the three-headed elephant, mount for the god Indra	Indra mounted on Erawan	Kuay at Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
LaosFeb07 114.jpg	Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan	Reclining Buddha, Xieng Khuan	Xieng Khuan - Buddha Park
Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party	Green fields on the road to Vientiane	The Mekong River separating Laos from Thailand	Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River
Nong Khai, Thailand, on the Mekong River	The Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River to Thailand	Green fields on the road to Vientiane	National Ethnic Cultural Park, outside Vientiane
National Ethnic Cultural Park (skippable)	Traditional Lao house on stilts	...just like West Africa...	Statue of Lao Dancers, National Ethnic Cultural Park
National Ethnic Cultural Park	National Ethnic Cultural Park	Spider, National Ethnic Cultural Park	Monk's dormatory, National Ethnic Cultural Park
Dinosaur, National Ethnic Cultural Park	Coke can in Laos	BeerLao Brewery, Vientiane