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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Vientiane

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Vientiane, Laos

Updated April 23, 2019

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Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park)

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

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Wat Dane Soung Jungle Temple

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

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Patuxai

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

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COPE Visitor Centre

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.
Permanently Closed

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Lao National Museum

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.
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Sala Keoku

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.
11 miles from Vientiane

Tambon Mueang Phan, Thailand

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.
24 miles from Vientiane
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