Thursday, March 7, 2013

March 6  More of Laos                                                                                                                         

Up for breakfast about 7:30.  The hotel has a nice Western and Eastern breakfast.  They also have a small lunch menu.
After breakfast we went out for another 2 mile walk, this time the other way from the hotel.

 
Congress Building

 
GRANT AID FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF P.R.CHINA
AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION
BETWEEN P.R.CHINA AND THE LAOP.D.R.
OCTOVER 2004

 
The Arch
Lotus pond around the arch
Many beautiful flowers and manicured shrubs in the area

 
Morning street sweeper
 
 

 
UN Building

 
Some very sturdy furniture

 
Fence surrounding a temple yard

 
One of the many temples

 
Most have manicured yards.
The monks are not allowed to work only pray and meditate.
The yards are kept up by local people.

 
A Budda Shrine

 
King's Temple

 
All around the temple are little rooms filled with
statues of monks with orange sashes over their left
shoulder and tied at the waist under the right arm.

 
Ornate shrines to Budda


 
Oldest temple we visited
 
President's home

 
Office building near the president's house

 
The meeting Wed night at the Hermansons' home
Wrex Buxton (Australia), Morris Grovum (Canada),
Russell Jacobs (Norwau), Viola & David Hermanson
(Canada), Christina Ross (WI)
The man in the chair is a listener from Canada.  He
teaches spoken English classes.
 
 

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