!!!Laos [{GoogleMap location=' Laos' zoom='5'}]
by [Bernd Mader|Infos_zum_AF/Editorial_Board/Mader,_Professor_Mag._Dr_Bernd_(Pharmazie,_Volkskunde)]

Laos has borders with China, Vietnam, Kambodscha, Thailand and Myanmar. It has about 6,5 million inhabitants and an area of about  236.800 km². Capital and largest city is Vientiane  with about 400.000 people. It is located on a curve of the Mekong river and on the border of Thailand





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__Pictures from Laos, starting with the capital Vientiane [{GoogleMap location='Vientiane, Laos' zoom='9'}]__
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[{Image src='001A-laotische-fahne.jpg' class='image_block' caption='© Bernd Mader; The Laotian Flag' alt='Laos' height='250' width='351'}]
[{Image src='010-Vientiane-Hotel-Ghosthouse.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane Hotel: Ghosthouse.jpg' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='153'}]
[{Image src='011-Vientiane-Hotel-Ghosthouse.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane Hotel: Ghosthouse.jpg' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='296'}]
[{Image src='014-vientiane-vat-sisakat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket (Vat is Laotian for temple )' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='017B-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='017C-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisakett' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='185'}]
[{Image src='017D-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='185'}]
[{Image src='017E-vientiane-vat-sisaket-crinium amabile-hakenlilie.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane Vat Sisaket crinium amabile (Big spider lily, D:Hakenlilie)' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='017F-vientiane-vat-sisaket-crinium-amabile-hakenlilie.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket crinium amabile (Big spider lily, D:Hakenlilie)' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='019-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='022B-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='025-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='180'}]
[{Image src='028-vientiane-vat-sisaket-horoskop.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket Horoscope' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='182'}]
[{Image src='029B-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='196'}]
[{Image src='031-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='279'}]
[{Image src='035-vientiane-vat-sisaket.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane Vat Sisaket' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='187'}]
[{Image src='036B-vientiane-vat-sisaket-kloster.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket monastery' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='039-vientiane-junge-mönche.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Vat Sisaket young monks' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='217'}]
[{Image src='040A-vientiane-präsidentenpalast.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Presidents palace' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='317'}]
[{Image src='047-vientiane-ho-phra-keo.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Haw Phra Kaew Buddhist Temple' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='049-vientiane-ho-phra-keo.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Haw Phra Kaew Buddhist Temple' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='050-vientiane-ho-phra-keo.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Haw Phra Kaew Buddhist Temple' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='056-vientiane-ho-phra-keo.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Haw Phra Kaew Buddhist Temple' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='182'}]
[{Image src='062-vientiane-priesterparlament.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, parlament of priests' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='358'}]
[{Image src='065-vientiane-priesterparlament.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, parlament of priests' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='Laos-Stupa.jpg' caption='Foto: Factbook, in public domain; Vientiane, Pha That Luang, the Great Stupa in Vientiane' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='376'}]
[{Image src='066-vientiane-that luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='290'}]
[{Image src='068-vientiane-könig-setthathirat-that-luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader;King Setthathirat and Vientiane That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='198'}]
[{Image src='077-vientiane-that-luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='207'}]
[{Image src='078-vientiane-that-luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='185'}]
[{Image src='079-vientiane-that-luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='080-vientiane-that-luang-stupa.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, That Luang Stupa' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='083-vientiane-vogelhändlerin.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, selling birds' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='084-vientiane-vogelhändlerin.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, selling birds' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='089-vientiane-patuxai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Vientiane, Patuxai: Victory gate for freedom from France ca. 1960' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='341'}]
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__Pictures enroute from Vientiane  [{GoogleMap location='Vientiane, Laos' zoom='9'}] to Lunan Prabung  [{GoogleMap location='Luang Prabang, Laos' zoom='10'}] via Vang Vieng Vang elephant crossing  [{GoogleMap location='18.922737,102.44545,17' zoom='17'}] and plane of jars [{GoogleMap location='Plain of Jars,Xiangkhouang, Laos' zoom='13'}] __
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[{Image src='104-unterwegs-markt.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='226'}]
[{Image src='105-unterwegs-markt.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='107-unterwegs-hmong-dorf-markt.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='108-unterwegs-hmorg-dorf-hendlbraterei.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, Hmorg village, chicken grill' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='109-unterwegs-hmong-dorf-hendlbraterei.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, Hmorg village, chicken grill' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='110-unterwegs-hmong-dorf-markt.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='117-unterwegs-hmong-dorf-reisverkauf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, rice on market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='136-vang-vieng-hotel-elephant-crossing.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute at Van Vieng River at Elephant crossing' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='143-vang-vieng-vang-fluss.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, Vang Vieng river' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='345'}]
[{Image src='146-vang-vieng-vang-fluss-in-der-früh.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, Vang Vieng river, early morning' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='328'}]
[{Image src='154A-unterwegs-kloster-haupttempel.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, main temple of a monastery ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='155-unterwegs-kloster.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, monastery ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='156-unterwegs-kloster.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, monastery ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='341'}]
[{Image src='161B-unterwegs.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='393'}]
[{Image src='162-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, in a village ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='171-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute,village scene ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='230'}]
[{Image src='174-unterwegs-hmongdorf-hütte.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='218'}]
[{Image src='183-phou-khoun-markt.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, market' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='186-phou-khoun-markt-knoblauch.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, garlic on market ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='187-phou-khoun-markt-babmussprossen.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, bamboo sprouts on market ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='188A-unterwegs.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='188C-ebene-der-tonkrüge.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, plane of jars' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='195-ebene-der-tonkrüge.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, plane of jars' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='204-ebene-der-tonkrüge.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, plane of jars' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='207-ebene-der-tonkrüge.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, plane of jars' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='217-xieng-khuang-markt-durianfrucht.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute, Durian ("stinkfruit") in market of Xieng Khuang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='229A-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='230B-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='369'}]
[{Image src='230C-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='230G-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='238B-unterwegs-hmong-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; enroute' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='450' width='292'}]
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__In Luang Prabang (In captions always LP for short) [{GoogleMap location='Luang Prabang, Laos' zoom='10'}]__
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[{Image src='246B-luang-prabang-hotel-3-nagas.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, hotelroom' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='248C-l.p.-königspalast-hophra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='249C-l.p.königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='251A-l.p.königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='251D-.l.p.königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='184'}]
[{Image src='252A-ho-phra-bangl.p.königspalast-.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='254C-l.p.-königspalast-hoi-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='336'}]
[{Image src='248C-l.p.-königspalast-hophra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='254D-l.p.-königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='257A-l.p.-königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='182'}]
[{Image src='259-l.p.-königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='183'}]
[{Image src='263-l.p.-königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='267B-l.p.-königspalast.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='272-l.p.-königspalast-ho-phra-bang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace of king Hophra Bang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='274-l.p.-königspalast-könig-sisavangvong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Palace with king Sisavangvong' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='275-l.p.-vat-mai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='276-l.p.-vat-mai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='277A-l.p.-vat-mai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='279-l.p.-vat-mai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='200'}]
[{Image src='283-l.p.vat-mai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='390'}]
[{Image src='287-l.p.-vat-ho-xieng.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Ho Xieng' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='288-l.p.-vat-ho-xieng.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Ho Xieng' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='289-l.p.-vat-ho-xieng.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Ho Xieng' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='290-l.p.-vat-ho-xieng.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Ho Xieng' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='287-l.p.-vat-ho-xieng.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Ho Xieng' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='294A-l.p.-vat-mahathat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mahathat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='340'}]
[{Image src='299-l.p.-vat-mahathat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mahathat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='301-l.p.-vat-mahathat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mahathat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='302-l.p.-vat-mahathat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mahathat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='212'}]
[{Image src='309-l.p.-vat-mahathat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Mahathat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='186'}]
[{Image src='310-l.p.-vat-tatluang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Tatluang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='312-l.p.-vat-tatluang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Tatluang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='313-l.p.-vat-tatluang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Tatluang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='316-l.p.-vat-tatluang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Tatluang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='385'}]
[{Image src='325-l.p.-vat-manoram.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Manoram' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='326'}]
[{Image src='330A-l.p.-vat-vixaunarat.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Vixaunarat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='341-l.p.-vat-aham.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Aham ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='219'}]
[{Image src='344A-l.p.-vat-aham.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Aham ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='345-l.p.-vat-aham.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Aham ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='321'}]
[{Image src='347E-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='347F-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='182'}]
[{Image src='347G-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='347H-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='347J-l.p.-vat-xireng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='347N-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='347O-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='186'}]
[{Image src='347V-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='327'}]
[{Image src='349C-l.p.-vat-xieng-thang-begräbniskapelle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong, burial chamber ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='297'}]
[{Image src='359B-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong-ho-phra-mane-außen.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Outside view of Vat Xieng Thong, Ho Phra Mane' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='364-l.p.vat-xieng-thong-ho-phra-mane-außen.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Outside view of Vat Xieng Thong, Ho Phra Mane ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='370-l.p.-vat-xieng-thong-that-phetthiem-walddämon.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Xieng Thong That Phetthiem, wood-demon ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='374CC-l.p.-vat-sop.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Sop' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='374F-l.p.-vat... ausguß-für-waschung.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Sop, wateroutlet ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='338'}]
[{Image src='375-l.p.-vat-sene.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Senne ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='378-l.p.-vat-senne.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Senne ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='379-l.p.-vat-senne.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Senne ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='380A-l.p.-vat-senne.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Senne ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='383-l.p.-vat-senne.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Senne ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='176'}]
[{Image src='387-l.p.-vat-siphoutthabat-thippharan.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Siphoutthabat ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='388D-l.p.-vat-pah-ouak.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Vat Pah Ouak' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='246'}]
[{Image src='396C-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, political party building ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='396D-luang-prabang-parteilokal.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, political party, flag ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='413-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='307'}]
[{Image src='418-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='424-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='196'}]
[{Image src='426-luang-prabang-junge-mönche.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, monks ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='449-luang-prabang-nam-kan-fluss.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Nam Kan river ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='450-luang-prabang-nam-kan-fluss.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; LP, Nam Kan river ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
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__On and along  Mekong, Bak OU cave temples (map [here|https://www.google.at/maps/place/Pak+Ou,+Laos/@20.0547419,102.2143078,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x312ed05153395d35:0x836ddfb49e575e1d?hl=de]), various villages an other impressions and Kuangsi waterfalls near Luang Prabang (map [here|https://www.google.at/maps/place/Kuangsi+Waterfall/@19.8841,102.141602,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x312f2a3f413d1ba3:0x7d1bdc69d617412?hl=de]) 
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[{Image src='454-am-mekong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; On Mekong river' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='416'}]
[{Image src='462-am-mekong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; On Mekong river' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='465A-am-mekong-landesteg.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Disembarking to visit the village Ban Xang Hai' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='465B-am-mekong-ban-xang-hai.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Disembarking to visit the village Ban Xang Hai ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='475-ban-xang-hai-ortstempel.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Village Temple' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='476-ban-xang-hai-ortstempel-orakel.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Oracle in village temple ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='479B-ban-xang-hai-weben.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Weaving in the village' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='480B-ban-xang-hai-webereiladen.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Weaving in the village ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='480E-ban-xang-hai-webstück.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Weaving in the villag' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='480G-ban-xang-hai-weben.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Weaving in the villag' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='154'}]
[{Image src='482-ban-xang-hai-volksmedizin.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Traditional medicine' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}] 
[{Image src='488-am-mekong.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; back on Mekong river' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='205'}]
[{Image src='492-pakou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='493B-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='495B-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='217'}]
[{Image src='497B-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='385'}]
[{Image src='497E-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='306'}]
[{Image src='498C-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='504E-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='504F-pak-ou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='513A-pak-oh-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='321'}]
[{Image src='513B-pak-oh-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='342'}]
[{Image src='528-pakou-höhle.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='529C-pak-ou-höhle-carica-papaya.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Carica Papaya near Pak-Ou cave' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='181'}]
[{Image src='530JJ-khmu-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Khmu village' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='530K-khmu-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Khmu village' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='301'}]
[{Image src='531G-hmong-dorf-ban-nan-oan.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Cildren in Hmong village Ban Nan Oan' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='353'}]
[{Image src='531I-humong-dorf-ban-na-oan.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Woman in Hmong village Ban Nan Oan ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='532A-annona-laos-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Annona fruit. Sweet and juicy' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='532B-laos-dorf-ban-ou.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; basket making in village Ban OU' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='532C-longan-laotisches-dorf.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Longang fruits. When ripe a bit similar to Litschis' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='532D-laos-doirf-gänse.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Village scene with geese' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='532L-reisfeld.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Rice paddy' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='532M-reis.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Rice' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='532O-kuangsi-wasserfall.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Kuangsi Waterfall Park' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='533Y-kuangsi-wasserfall.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; One of the Kuangsi waterfalls' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='535-kuangsi-wasserfall-reisanke.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Using Kuangsi waterfall ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='538A-kuangsi-wasserfall.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; One of the Kuangsi waterfalls' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='538D-kuangsi-wasserfall.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Kuangsi waterfall impression' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='326'}]
[{Image src='539B-hakenlilie-crinum-amabile.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Crinum Amabile (Giant spider Lily, D: Hakenlilie)' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='543-nicolaia-elatior-fackelingwer.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Nicolaia Elatior (Torch ginger, D: Fackelinquer)' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='549-heliconia.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Helicona ' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='188'}]
[{Image src='556-soldatenfrieshof-bei-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Cemetry of soldiers near Luang Prabang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
[{Image src='567-soldatenfriedhof-bei-luang-prabang.jpg' caption='© Bernd Mader; Cemetry of soldiers near Luang Prabang' alt='Laos' class='image_block' height='250' width='335'}]

[A report on travelling the Mekong|Geography/Asia/Laos/Special_Information/Travelling_the_Mekong_River]