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Wikipedia: Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the 14th to the 18th century. After a period as a French protectorate, it gained independence in 1949.
![[Night Market in Luang Prabang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/March_C3_A9_soir_s.jpg "Night Market in Luang Prabang")
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![[Pha That Luang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pha_That_Luang_2C_Vientiane_2C_Laos_s.jpg "Pha That Luang")
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 from Alcyon |
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![[Buddhist statues in Laos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Buddha_gathering_s.jpg "Buddhist statues in Laos")
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![[Buddhist monks walking in Luang Prabang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Buddhist_monks_28Laos_2009_29_s.jpg "Buddhist monks walking in Luang Prabang")
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 from Allie Caulfield |
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![[Buddhist Monks in front of Wat Sen, Luang Prabang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wat_Sen_s.jpg "Buddhist Monks in front of Wat Sen, Luang Prabang")
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![[An example of Lao cuisine]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/3_Nagas_Feast_2_s.jpg "An example of Lao cuisine")
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from Shannon Holman |
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![[Buddha statues at Vat Aham in Luang Prabang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vat_Aham_Bouddha_2_s.jpg "Buddha statues at Vat Aham in Luang Prabang")
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![[Wattay International Airport in Vientiane]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wattay_Intl_Airport_Vientiane_Laos_s.jpg "Wattay International Airport in Vientiane")
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from Alcyon |
from JialiangGao |
![[Patuxay was built with USAID funds in Vientiane in the 1960s to celebrate the independence struggle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Patuxay_2C_Vientiane_2C_Laos_s.jpg "Patuxay was built with USAID funds in Vientiane in the 1960s to celebrate the independence struggle")
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![[Haw Kham Palace in Laos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_of_the_Haw_Kham_palace_28Laos_2009_29_s.jpg "Haw Kham Palace in Laos")
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from sluj78 |
from Allie Caulfield |
![[A primary school in a village in northern rural Laos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Primary_Laos_2_s.jpg "A primary school in a village in northern rural Laos")
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![[Thongsing Thammavong]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thongsing_Thammavong_2009_12_9_s.jpg "Thongsing Thammavong")
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 from Masae |
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![[In Luang Prabang, a young woman at the time of a Hmong Meeting Festival.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Luang_prabang4394a_s.jpg "In Luang Prabang, a young woman at the time of a Hmong Meeting Festival.")
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![[A GMT generated map of Laos displaying color]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rl3c_la_laos_map_illdtmcolgw30s_ja_hres_s.jpg "A GMT generated map of Laos displaying color")
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from Yves Picq |
from W34org |
![[Statue of Sisavang Vong]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sisavangvong_statue_s.jpg "Statue of Sisavang Vong")
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![[HO CHI MINH CITY/VIETNAM, 6JUN10]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bouasone_Bouphavanh_2C_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2010_s.jpg "HO CHI MINH CITY/VIETNAM, 6JUN10")
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from JJ_Georges |
from World Economic Forum |
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