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DESTINATION ASIA

LAOS

piritual

& ternal

Khone Phapheng Waterfall in the South

A trip to Laos is like a trip back in time. The “Land of
a million elephants” offers a refreshing change from

the modernity of more developed nations and has a

diverse culture untainted by globalization. There are

no trains to rush for and the landlocked country

offers misty mountains, golden glittering Buddhist
temples and sleepy French colonial towns lost in

time.

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Laos is a landlocked nation of 236,800 sq-km that is Flight of the Gibbons
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divided into 16 provinces. The country is bordered S

by Myanmar to the northeast; Cambodia to the A
south; China to the north; Thailand to the west; and

Vietnam to the east. Laos is mostly mountainous,
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with steep terrain and narrow river valleys being the
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main geographical features.
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With an estimated population of nearly 5.7 million,
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Laos is one of the most sparsely populated countries
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in Asia. Natural landmarks include the Annamite

Mountains close to the border with Vietnam, as well I
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as the Mekong River, which lows from China and
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along the border with Thailand. The country is
teeming with wildlife including elephants, leopards, E

panthers, gibbons and black bears.
Following Buddhist Beliefs
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