Laos - The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget - page 355

5

That Luang
One and a half kilometres northeast of
Patouxai stands the Buddhist stupa, That
Luang (Tues-Sun 8am-noon & 1-4pm;
5000K), Laos's most important religious
building, and its national symbol. he
original hat Luang is thought to have
been built in the mid-sixteenth century
by King Setthathilat, whose statue stands

in front, and was reported to have looked
like a gold-covered “pyramid”. Today's
structure dates from the 1930s: the
tapering golden spire of the main stupa is
45m tall and rests on a plinth of stylized
lotus petals; it's surrounded on all sides
by thirty short, spiky stupas. Within the
cloisters is kept a collection of very worn
Buddha images, some of which may have

EATING
Antique Café
Chokdee Café
Hengboun Road food stalls
Jamil Zahid
Joma Bakery
Katenoy
Lao Kitchen
The Little House
Makphet
Noy's Fruit Heaven
Ray's Grille
Scandinavian Bakery
Settha Palace
Talat Khua
Vangthong Night Market
Via Via

ACCOMMODATION
Funky Monkey Hostel
Heuan Lao
Mixay
Mixok
Sihome Backpackers
Syri 2
V Hotel
Vientiane Backpackers

SHOPS
Big Brother Mouse
Book Café
Carol Cassidy Lao Textiles
Indochina's Handicrafts
Monument Books
Satri Silk

Vangthong Night Market

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12
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11
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4
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16

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8
7
2
3
1
6
4

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2
4
5
3
6

Stadium

DRINKING
Khop Chai Deu
The Spirit House
Sticky Fingers

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19
18

Tennis club

Lao
National
Museum

Home
Ideal

AT M

Lao
National
Cultural
Hall

Food Stalls

Wat Hai Sok

True
Cofee

Avis

Wat Inpeng

Wat
Mixai

Wat Ong Teu

Ajan Amphone
Sauna & Massage

Lao Women's Union

Wat Xieng
Nyeun

Riverside
Minimart Wat

Chanthabouli

PVO
(Bike Hire)
Chao Anouvong Park

Best
Western

Food
Stalls

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