Buddhist Arts

Built in the 18th cen­tury, this tem­ple is located on Kuonxoa Road, which is right down the road from Wat Xieng Thong and nes­tled between Wat Sop and Wat Si Boung Houang. The main sim is a sim­ple struc­ture adorned with grace­ful cho faa finials. Cho faa means sky clus­ter, an apt name for these […]

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Wat Sene was built in 1714, oth­er­wise known as the Tem­ple of the Patri­arch. This tem­ple is located right on the main road in all its con­spic­u­ous glory with gold sten­cilling applied directly to the outer walls. The doors are carved with gilded fig­ures of divini­ties and myth­i­cal ani­mals. The win­dows are adorned with gold […]

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Wat Sop is close to a clus­ter of other small wats at the north­east end of town, just down the road from Wat Xieng Thong. This wat is the old­est of the bunch, built in the 15th cen­tury, although it was rebuilt in 1909. My pic­tures include the col­or­ful turquoise, green and gold stupa onsite, […]

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Pak Ou Caves is located 25 kilo­me­ters up the muddy Mekong River from Luang Pra­bang acces­si­ble by boat only. We rented a boat at the bot­tom of a long stair­way from a park off Sou­vanna­ban­lang Rd. The ride was cheap in terms of US $$, and we made a cou­ple of sight-seeing stops along the way. […]

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In Novem­ber 2002, my part­ner and I spent 6 days in lovely Luang Pra­bang, Laos. Aside from the laid back atmos­phere, the excel­lent weather and the great food, we most enjoyed vis­it­ing a num­ber of the Wats in and around Luang Pra­bang. I am cre­at­ing slide shows of each Wat. The first, shown in this […]

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