The name "Plain of Jars" is quite misleading, as the 2500 stone jars are scattered at about 90 different sites in the countryside around the town of Phonsavan. Most of the sites occupies hillsides or hilltops. Only 3-4 of the sites are declared (partly) safe from UXO's. (Unexploded ordnance)
Who made these jars 1500-2500 years ago, what they were used for and how they were built is still a mystery...
Bomb crater near site 3
Site 3
Site 3
site 3
Site 3
UXO-info at site 3
UXO-markers at site 3
Russian armored wehicle
The "road" to site 2
Lid at site 2
Site 2
Site 2
Site 2
Site 2
Site 2
Site 2
Lunch in a village near site 2
UXO-info at site 1, the most accessible of the sites just outside Phonsavan
Site 1
The largest jar
Site 1
Site 1
Cave near site 1. Used as shelter by both civilians and Pathet Lao during the american "secret war"