10km from Champassak, passing
through relaxing country filed, at the foot of a mountain, there
is a very famous temple ruins in Laos, Wat Phou. |
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A Buddha statue which assimilated
with nature, trees on the way to Wat Phou from Champassak. |
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A run down colonial building
at the entrance of Wat Phou |
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This temple was thought as a
prototype of Angkor Wat
The temple ruins and lakes are laid symmetrically like Angkor
Wat on the flat part and laid on many traces on the side of the
mountain. |
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After passing through ruins and
ponds, stairs lead to the upper part. The trees are growing like
a gate. |
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A Buddha image on the top terrace
of the temple.
Wat Phou was originally a Hindu temple but later it became to
Buddhism temple |
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Inside of the main temple, a
big Buddha was kept. |
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From from the top.
You can see the layout of the temple. |
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The ponds are play ground of
children. |
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Night of the village is very
dark. At the night I stayed, there was a small festival at a
temple of the village. Many people were gambling under dim light.
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