Champasak is a large province in southern Laos, resource abundance and diversity, is one of the largest granary of Laos. Champasak is the center of southern Laos, adjacent to the border of Thailand and Cambodia. Not noisy, boisterous, Champasak discovered a lovely rustic beauty. Indochina travel Laos
Champasak, Laos – source: Wikipedia.com
The city is the provincial capital of Pakse Champasak. On the map, Pakse looks like a promontory jutting out, are embraced by two rivers, Sedon in the north and the southern Mekong. Pakse means “city of the estuary”. Topography of special Pakse. From Pakse over by Japanese Friendship Bridge built across the Mekong River, is going to add more than 40km to Tao Vang border gate adjacent to Thailand’s Ubon province.
Champasak southern border with Cambodia and now also have the normal crossing gate. From this border, is a further 40km to Cambodia’s Stung Teng. From Pakse, follow Route 13, going to add is up to 650km Vientiane, capital of Laos. Thus, Pakse is the transport hub of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos from China down and go east.
Peaceful street in Pakse – source: ivivu.com
In Pakse there are many who live in Vietnam. To Pakse, visitors can walk along the streets of the city to discover many things. Pakse has the beauty of peace and quiet. Temples are everywhere. Down the street in the early morning, we will see a lot of barefoot monks seeking alms bare head.
Champasak southern border with Cambodia and is now available through the border gate. Therefore, if you prefer, you can go to Thailand and Camnpuchia easily. In Pakse is a lot of people to live in Vietnam. To Pakse, you can walk along the streets of the city to discover many things as well as temples. The temple with curved roof architecture, brilliantly gilded. Laotians usually cremated dead bodies and put ashes on small towers (called Wats) placed around the temple.
road to the temple – source: dulichlao.com
Hundreds of such Wats became the temple’s fence with diverse styles, colorful decorations and different sizes, very nicely. Here each month there are many festivals. April’s Pi Mai Lao traffickers festival, May festival Bang Phai trafficking, trafficking in June with Khao Phan Sa, May 10 sailing festival… Each morning, you can see the monks in long queues to go begging along the main road.
A wonderful landscape in Champasak – dulichlao.com
With bikes, you can wander around the Baloven on Champasak Province to explore the wild character of the primeval forests and numerous waterfalls spectacular. Do not just enjoy the wild character of nature, you will be completely conquered by the rustic character of the village and the traditional villages in the district brocade Pachieng, Pasoong district.
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