tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376548882024-02-20T02:20:12.466+08:00l a o * m i a o *Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-66500304095228702962013-01-06T12:48:00.000+08:002013-01-06T12:50:23.307+08:00Bokeo province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions, kindly email: laomeow at gmail dot com
- created 15 February 2011
- last updated 06 January 2013
HUAY XAI
Keochampa bus station (photo)
Located at JP256 on this map.This is the bus station that has been in operation since around 2006, replacing the old one near the market in the town centre. As of October 2012, an even newer 'Domestic & Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-66747475137332836522012-09-27T10:35:00.000+08:002012-09-27T10:35:23.462+08:00Vientiane northern bus station - 2012
errors, suggestions & updates, kindly contact: laomeow at gmail dot com
last updated on 27 September 2012
thank you to hobomaps.com for timetable info & gopeace & snowinjanuary for photos
older versions of this page here (28 February 2009), here (02 October 2010) & here (08 June 2011)
Vientiane (VTE) northern bus station aka. 'khiew loht saai neua':
Located at Sithong Road atUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-61664606733151238302012-09-27T10:29:00.000+08:002012-09-27T10:29:58.125+08:00Luang Prabang province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions - kindly email: laomeow at gmail dot com
- last modified on 27 September 2012
- old version (23 November 2009) here
LUANG PRABANG TOWN
Luang Prabang northern bus station
Located at IU224 on this map.
May 2011 - photos by snowinjanuary
Timetable (June 2011 - no change as of August 2012) (hobomaps):
To Bokeo
- 5:30PM, 7:00PM (VIP)
- 120,000kip / Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-79202365845304414112012-09-01T09:20:00.000+08:002012-09-01T10:00:17.196+08:00Bus/songthaew/boat schedules/detailsCompiled from various sources. Please let the cat know of any errors - drop an email to: laomeow at gmail dot com. Contributions & updates (photographed, handwritten, or links to info on other websites, etc) most welcome & much appreciated. Created: 05 July 2008. Last modified: 01 September 2012.
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
Lao Airlines (official site)
Lao Air - Vientiane-Sam Neua (Houa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-89481503917390359572012-09-01T08:48:00.001+08:002012-09-01T08:48:51.142+08:00Oudomxay province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions - kindly contact: laomeow at gmail dot com
- last updated on 01 September 2012
Oudomxay bus station (photo, December 2006)
Located at IH213 on this map.
Timetable (August 2012) (hobomaps):
Ordinary bus = black font
AC bus = red font
VIP bus = blue font
To Bokeo (Huay Xai)
- 9:00AM
- 85,000 kip
To Luang Namtha (4 h)
- 8:30AM, 12:00PM, 3:00PM
- Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-30796869011181401572012-09-01T08:18:00.000+08:002012-09-01T08:20:57.566+08:00Luang Namtha province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions - kindly contact: laomeow at gmail dot com
- last updated on 01 September 2012
LUANG NAMTHA TOWN
Maps by hobomaps.com & ecotourismlaos.com
Luang Namtha new bus station (photo, September 2008)
~10km out of town, at KB198 on this map.
~10,000kip songthaew ride into town centre.
Timetable (August 2012) (hobomaps):
To Bokeo
- 9:30AM, 12:30PM / Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-21646570063808217502012-08-20T11:08:00.000+08:002012-08-20T11:08:55.596+08:00Xieng Khouang province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions - kindly email: laomeow at gmail dot com
- created on 03 October 2011- last modified 20 August 2012
Phonsavanh bus station
Located at JZ218 on this map.
Tel.: 030-5170148, 020-22340828
Timetable (June 2012) (hobomaps):
Ordinary bus = black font
AC bus = red font
VIP bus = blue font
To Vientiane
- 7:00AM, 8:00AM, 10:30AM, 4:30PM, 6:30PM, 8:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-54376419650433808802012-08-17T12:13:00.000+08:002012-08-17T12:14:13.893+08:00Houa Phanh province transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions, kindly email: laomeow at gmail dot com
- created 02 July 2011- last updated 17 August 2012
SAM NEUA
Phou Tanou bus station
Located at HK166 on this map, at KM90 along HWY6, up on a hill southwest of the town centre. Tel: +856-30-5160974/064-314-270
Timetable (photo taken in June 2012, info dated 8 February 2012) (hobomaps):
Destination - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-38672747401637269002012-02-20T16:35:00.000+08:002012-02-20T16:36:08.217+08:00Vientiane southern bus station- please let the cat know of any errors: laomeow at gmail dot com
- contributions & updates (photographed, handwritten, or links to info on other websites, etc) most welcome & much appreciated
- last updated 20 February 2012
Located at KM 9 along Route 13 highway, at FR237 on this map.
Note that timetable & fare info were posted on signboards that might not have been updated Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-90526420823109476042011-11-21T19:46:00.001+08:002011-11-21T19:48:33.592+08:00north laos + thailand 2009
27 Nov - SIN > KUL
28 Nov - KUL > VTE (Talat Khua Din, Wat Hay Sok)
29 Nov - VTE
30 Nov - VTE
01 Dec - VTE
02 Dec - VTE
03 Dec - VTE > Bor Nam Oun
04 Dec - Bor Nam Oun > Luang Prabang
05 Dec - Luang Prabang
06 Dec - Luang Prabang
07 Dec - Luang Prabang
08 Dec - Luang Prabang > Oudomxay
09 Dec - Oudomxay > Boun Neua
10 Dec - Boun Neua > Ou Tai
11 Dec - Ou Tai > OuUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-29217345326143617982011-09-18T22:14:00.000+08:002011-09-18T22:15:34.709+08:00280707 That Luang - 11 kiteOnce upon a time, the cat played with kites made from plastic bags, garbage bags & newspapers too :)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-34218399051980135352011-09-18T22:11:00.000+08:002011-09-18T22:13:22.415+08:00280707 That Luang - 10 KingAll photos in this post by K-san
King Setthathilath, the guy who built That Luang:
In the shadow of the King:
Who are these blue shirts?
Blue shirts buying offerings of marigolds from blue shirts - interesting how the boy at right is wearing a cross:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-30616485559505644332011-09-18T16:57:00.000+08:002011-09-18T16:58:22.529+08:00280707 That Luang - 09 monochromeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-74471759427778694812011-09-18T16:55:00.000+08:002011-09-18T16:56:30.729+08:00280707 That Luang - 08 more offeringsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-6141614879906772052011-09-18T16:53:00.000+08:002011-09-18T16:54:24.251+08:00280707 That Luang - 07 offeringsNaga diet - sticky rice...
& chocolate wafers garnished with marigold flowers...
& banana leaves, jasmine flower buds & plain water (they do drink from cups):
Phansa candles:
BIG FAT candle meets tiny thin counterparts:
Hanging mobile made by tying coloured thread on an asterisk-shaped bamboo frame - they are usually diamond-shaped & this is the first Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-45186518506164086332011-09-18T16:50:00.000+08:002011-09-18T16:53:24.782+08:00280707 That Luang - 06Photos from 300707:
At the back/eastern side of the stupa:
A little stupa:
Think it is the That Si Thamma Hay Sok:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-53215155088532166042011-09-10T22:07:00.000+08:002011-09-10T22:09:13.100+08:00280707 That Luang - 05 parts of that
There are 30 of these 'spires' surrounding the actual stupa:
Each one represents a parami (บารมี barami - Thai, 波罗蜜 bo1 luo2 mi4 - Chinese), the perfection of a virtue that is part of the path to enlightenment:
10 parami - dana (ทาน taan 布施, generosity - from which the practice of giving alms stems), sila (ศีล siin 持戒, virtue - observing the precepts), nekkhamma (เนกขัมมะ Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-76793106260038474462011-09-08T14:59:00.000+08:002011-09-08T14:58:00.766+08:00Sayabouly province - transport information- errors, suggestions & contributions, kindly email: laomeow at gmail dot com
- last modified on 08 September 2011
HONGSA
Hongsa songthaew station
In front of the market. Photo & info - 22 & 23 December 2009:
Click here for full size version.
Second photo is the only instance of 'double pricing' for songthaew/truck transport ever encountered in Laos so far, not sure if Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-91026652262406822202011-09-07T21:49:00.000+08:002011-09-07T21:50:29.009+08:00280707 That Luang - 04A lot more of That Luang - photos from 280707, 300707 & 010807:
Does look a bit like Vientiane's secret stash of nuclear warheads :PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-60097902110017217952011-09-07T21:46:00.000+08:002011-09-07T21:48:18.063+08:00280707 That Luang - 03Google map satellite view of Pha That Luang - Laos is where lines are not always perfectly straight, pillars & stupas not always perfectly vertical, doorways & arches not always perfectly symmetrical, & squares not always perfectly square:
Main/front door at left (west) faces the back of King Setthathilath's statue, shadow of stupa points towards Wat That Luang Neua, & the redUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-58980930123730163222011-09-04T05:23:00.000+08:002011-09-04T20:25:36.685+08:00280707 That Luang - 02The symbol of Laos in what might be the cleanest outdoor public space in Laos:
If only the rest of Laos was just as litter-free :P
Where's the Lonely Planet logo at the upper left of the real thing? :P
(Warning: if that is how you use guidebooks to find the right place, the cover of the 6th edition is going to lead you to nowhere & the 7th edition to Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang.)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-28816239710629565362011-09-04T01:35:00.000+08:002011-09-04T16:38:26.788+08:00280707 That Luang - 01Across the road from Wat Nong Bone:
Photo by K-san
Arrived after closing time:
So that's all for today - nice doors!
What stands behind...
...has to wait for another day:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-53655079624149329812011-08-21T16:53:00.000+08:002011-08-21T16:54:29.205+08:00280707 + 021209 Wat Nongbone - 05 miscThe place where cremations were held, as mentioned here:
Photo by K-san
The coconuts must be good, for 'rungs' to be nailed on the trunk for easy access?
A peaceful respite in central Vientiane - this section has the feel of a 'wat pa' (forest temple):
Remains of a stupa?
Perimeter wall:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-67355005457250876592011-08-21T16:51:00.000+08:002011-08-21T16:52:21.267+08:00280707 + 021209 Wat Nongbone - 04 Pha Lak Pha LamPaintings on two of the buildings at the back of the temple compound:
Green monkey flanked by two mermaids:
In front of the other stairs:
With discus & trident in hand, against a backdrop of what looks like the top half of the Singapore flag, albeit missing one star:
Lao meow in Lao wat:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37654888.post-15920908384979031312011-08-21T15:49:00.000+08:002011-08-21T15:51:02.101+08:00021209 Wat Nongbone - 03 new simNot sure if this is a new building or the complete makeover of an old one. For some reason it faces the perimeter wall (towards Pha That Luang) - away from all other buildings in the temple - & with just a few metres between its front entrance & the wall. In July 2007 it was all bare concrete, in December 2009 some progress had been made:
Emaciated Buddha on the rear gable:
At one point Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0