Docs from Wolfgang, tagged "Pakxe"

Family tombs at a buddhist cementery

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:26:39 +0000

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Family tombs at a buddhist cementery

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:26:18 +0000

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Morning market at the bus station in Pakse

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:59 +0000

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Selling fresh freshwater fish out of the Mekong

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:34 +0000

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Selling the piggy banks for saving the money

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:11 +0000

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Overland bus starts in early morning

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:52 +0000

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The public bus system is a ride on a pick up (rot song thaeo) in directions to Savannakhet and to the Khone Falls.

Some animals they should not sell for cooking!!!

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:40 +0000

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Seen on a Laotian market in Pakse. There is no need to hunt and kill animals like this squirrels because of lack of other food!

View from the hill to Baan Nongsa in Champasak, Laos

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:30 +0000

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In this photo, looking east from the sanctuary partway up the mountain, we see the temple's causeway, which runs east-southeast and terminates in two grand barays (excavated reservoirs). The "middle baray," seen end-on in this photo, measures 200x600 meters. Its great length recedes much further into the distance than one can accurately judge here, being approximately equal to the distance from its near bank to the base of the mountain. The north baray (photo left) is wider, and lies due east of the sanctuary. The barays were probably built by Suryavarman II (1113-1150).

One asks why the axis of the temple is south of due east, and why the two barays are situated as they are. The answer lies in astronomy: the barays were designed to reflect the image of the sun, from the middle baray at the vernal equinox, and from the north baray at the summer solistice.

Wat Phu in Champasak, Laos

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:20 +0000

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From there the sacred stream flowed down the artificially terraced mountain slope into two sacred reservoirs or barays and finally into the Mekong River, whose life-giving waters were believed to sustain the whole of the ancient Khmer Empire. Standing structures within the temple complex include quadrangles, a Nandin Hall, small pavilions, brick towers, stairways and the main shrine, which was dedicated to Shiva.
This Wat is the most important attraction of South Laos, although it is not Laotian in origin. Wat Phou was built by the Khmer.
Despite of being smaller, Wat Phou can be compared to Angkor. Not only has it been built in the same style; it also exudes the same atmosphere of an ancient city lost in the jungles for uncounted centuries. While the structures themselves are overpowering, it's the jungle overgrowth that creates a particular charm, at Angkor as well as Wat Phou. The Wat has stood unused for centuries because it has been built as a Hindu, not a Buddhist temple.
Wat Phou is older than Angkor. It was founded in the first decades of the 9th century by Jayavarman II, the first king of an independent Khmer nation. Before Jayavarman II, the Khmer were ruled by the Javanese (Indonesians). For some time Wat Phou served Jayavarman II as Khmer capital.
Though Jayavarman II soon moved his government to the Angkor plain, Wat Phou remained an important pilgrim's destination for the entire Angkor era (about 600 years).

Small Lao girls like to be photographed

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:08:23 +0000

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there are no more words to say, just you'll close them in your heart sooner or later.

A former palace used as hotel

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:33:22 +0000

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Champasak Palace Hotel Pakse
Built by a now-dead prince as a residence he never lived in, the Palace is now owned by a Thai group and, if this is in your budget range, is certainly worth considering. It was used as a casino too for thai people due gambling is illegal in Thailand although most of thai people can't live without gambling.

At the Mekong riverside

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:33:04 +0000

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Lao village Mueang Không on the Mekong river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:32:49 +0000

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An idyllic place to spend holidays for modest and simple travellers.

At the market in Pakse

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:54 +0000

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Ant larvae to sell for cooking

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:28 +0000

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... to fill an omelette (delicious taste, better than Caviar).

Simple guest house in Pakse

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:56 +0000

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Pakse is a new (1905) founded town and was developed for the French Administation Center. Pakse means mouth of the Se river, the Se river flows into the Mekhong. There are no many attractions to see in Pakse but its an excellent starting point to Wat Phu, the Boloven Plateau and the Khone falls.

Se river flows into the Mekhong

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:41 +0000

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Having fun at the river bank

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:27 +0000

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Lao kiddies at the Mekong river bank

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:14 +0000

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New built temple near Wat Luang in Pakse

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:26:58 +0000

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