Wat Si Muang, example of the way the Lao people combine Buddhism with animism.

Built approx. 300 years ago.

Human (Si Muang) sacrifice to appease the the local spirits. Even today she is still worshipped.

Wat Sisaket-Vientiane's oldest temple. Contains thousands of Buddha statues.

That Luang - National symbol of Laos. Built in 1566 and said to contain a Bhddha relic.

Picture of the inside of Patuxai.

Patuxai, completed in the 1960's. Not unlike the Arc de Triomphe

Wat Haw Phra Kaew. Once the home of the Emerald Buddha, which is now housed in the Grand Palace