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There are spectacular canoe races organized in the cities (mainly Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Champassak province) and villages along the Mekong. Boats are decorated with flowers and candles. Also, small rafts made of bamboo and decorated with candles are launched down the streams and river.
Vang Vieng–Luang Prabang (137 km (85 mi)) Luang Prabang–Oudomxay; Oudomxay–Boten; The first section to be completed is the Vientiane–Vang Vieng Expressway; in June 2020, it was 71% complete [3] and, in December 2020, it was inaugurated. Preparation work for the Vang Vieng–Luang Prabang section was to commence after opening of the ...
Route 13 (Laos) Route 13 is the most important highway in Laos. It begins at Boten in northern Laos at the Chinese border. It connects the city of Vientiane to Luang Prabang in the north and roughly follows the line of the Mekong River down to the border with Cambodia. The road then continues at National Highway 7 in Cambodia.
The Luang Prabang Boat Races are held in early September along the Nam Kan, with a major market day preceding the races and festivities throughout the night on race day. Full moon in early November: That Luang Festival: Boun That Louang: Pilgrimage to That Luang Stupa in Vientiane. Before dawn, thousands join in a ceremonial offering and group ...
Houayxay has a domestic airport (HOE) with regular flights to Vientiane and Luang Prabang (depending on the season). The town is the starting point for many boats (speed and slow boats, freighters, luxury cruisers for tourists and others) on the Mekong River to Pakbeng, Luang Prabang and other destinations. [2]
Several daily buses run from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, taking 11–13 hours. [37] The road from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang is poorly maintained, remote, unlit, unmarked and dangerous for the unfamiliar, particularly in the rainy season. Buses regularly travel the route for 14–16 hours.
Wat Xieng Thong. Wat Xieng Thong (Lao: ວັດຊຽງທອງ, pronounced [wāt síaŋ.tʰɔ́ːŋ]; "Temple of the Golden City") is a Buddhist temple (vat or wat) on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, Laos. [1]: 264 Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath, Wat Xieng Thong is one of the most important of Lao ...
The French protectorate of Laos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and 1953—with a brief interregnum as a Japanese puppet state in 1945—which constituted part of French Indochina. It was established over the Siamese vassal, the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang ...