LAOS - Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang

Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, LAO P.D.R.
Thanks to Faiza's sister for the card from her recent trip to Laos.

LAOS - Wat Phu Champasak

Country #124 is from Laos, thank you Vongketh for my first card from Laos.

"Vat Phou or Wat Phu (Lao: ວັດພູ [wāt pʰúː] temple-mountain) is a ruined Khmer Hindu temple complex in southern Laos. It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao, some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province. There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century, but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. The temple has a unique structure, in which the elements lead to a shrine where a linga dedicated to Lord Shiva was bathed in water from a mountain spring. The site later became a centre of Theravada Buddhist worship, which it remains today.

Laos, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west."