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Tai Dam Cultural Hall

Culture vultures can taste the Tai Dam lifestyle at Ban Xieng Kio- government-designated cultural villages locate about 48 km north of Phonsavanh near Kham town on Lao route 7. The two-storey Tai Dam Culture Hall greets visitors to the village, and the traditional Tai Dam bedroom leads off the tour: a row of thin mattresses […]

August 30, 2022 /0 Comments/by

War Scrap Spoons

Setting your sights to see spoon production may sound eccentric, but Ban Naphia, an ethnic Phuan village just south of Phonsavanh, mounds this tableware from war scrap. One day in the 1980s, eight families brainstormed over what to do with all the aluminum bits from downed aircraft. One person noted a lack spoons in the […]

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The Jar Site 1

Jar site 1 or Tong Hai Hin is the most popular site, located 8 km southwest of Phonsavanh town and by easily reached by tuk tuk or bike. Follow Rt 1D southwest, turn right the sight Ban Na-O and dive for another 2 kilometer; alternatively book a package tour at any of the local tour […]

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