1. Laos By: JT Photos: Internet

2. Laos

3. Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west. Its population was estimated to be 6.5 million in 2012. Laos became independent in 1953, with a constitutional monarchy under Sisavang Vong. Shortly after independence, a long civil war ended the monarchy, when the Communist Pathet Lao movement came to power in 1975. Laos is a single-party socialist republic. The capital city is Vientiane. The official language is Lao.

4. Parliament Building

5. City Hall

6. Vientiane

7. Patuxai (victory gate)

8. Patuxai

9. Patuxai Details

10. Pha That Luang

11. Pha That Luang Entrance

12. Buddha Park

13. Wat Si Saket

14. Wat Si Saket

15. Drum Tower

16. Night Market

20. Akha woman

22. Elephant Hospital in Luang Prabang

30. Luang Prabang

31. Luang Prabang Museum

35. Cave Temple-Pak Ou

36. Cave Temple-Pak Ou

37. Pak Ou

38. Wat Xieng Thong Temple

39. Temple Interior

40. Wat Ho Phra Bang

41. Temple Guardian

42. Haw Pha Beng Temple Interior

43. Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang

45. Mekong River

47. Don Khone

49. Khouang Si Waterfall