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About 5km south of town along the Mekong stands the oldest
active temple in Champasak, and arguably the most interesting in
southern Laos. The soaring Thai-style ubosot (ordination hall),
with its red-tiled roof and ring of pillars, will be the first
thing to catch your eye, but up close the star is the hǎw tąi
(Tripitaka library), which combines elements of Lao, Chinese,
Vietnamese and French-colonial architecture.
The damaged, but
still beautiful, tower supposedly holds Buddha images and, if
you ask some locals, it has another magical purpose: in the
middle of the night, a mystic light beam comes from across the
river, bounces through a kâew (crystal) and alights atop Sri
Lingaparvata, the holy mountain above Wat Phu Champasak.
Almost all families in Muang Kang village weave bamboo sticky
rice and various other baskets.
It's easy enough to reach Wat
Muang Kang: head out of Champasak on the riverside road and
continue south on the dirt road where the main road turns
towards Wat Phu. Coming back, if you're on a bike or motorcycle,
you can follow the pleasant narrow path directly on the
riverfront for part of the way.
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Champasak |
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Champasak |
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14.83565, 105.87507 |
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