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Video description: view from top of Patuxai in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday 5 April 2007 - 4:58pm.

Video description: ground level of Patuxai in Vientiane, Thursday 5 April 2007 - 4:44pm.

Video description: It’s about 3.30pm in Vientiane the capital of Laos. The roads are very quiet. The video shows the approach to the Patuxai, the Laos ‘Arc de Triomphe’.

A short video clip of the water fountain at Patouxay from the top of the monument.

Hmong New Year celebration in Laos (KM52, Vientiane).

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For those of my relatives that are farmers, they also work on the garden during the dry season. During the planting season the able working bodies will be at the rice paddies and then during the dry season they would be busy at the garden or suan in Lao language. As you can see from [...]

Lao National Culture Hall or Ho Watthanatham in Vientiane. I’ve never been inside this place but drove by a few times during my visit to Laos in January/February of 2007. It looks quite impressive from the outside, a modern building with a touch of Lao style.

53 minutes of adventure in Laos. Check out Wat That Luang, Wat Sisaket, Hor Phrakeo, and many historical places.

Vien Thien of Phasad Pheng at Wat Si Muang and the procession of Phasad Pheng between Wat Si Muang and Pha That Luang.

A short video of the Morning Alms Giving on the last day of Boun That Luang or That Luang festival.

The Vientiane boat racing festival (Boun Suang Huer) took place on October 23rd to the 27th with the official competition on the last day. It was a lively event with thousands of spectators that came out to cheer on their favorite team.
Many vendors had set up stalls along the route of the boat races selling [...]