Tathagata

Laos, our tour begins after a short flight from Vientianne to Luang Prabang, Laos’s ancient royal capital filled with gilded temples surrounded by mountains and rivers. After a one-hour boat ride up the Mekong River we stop for a visit to the Pak Ou Caves where we saw thousands of Buddha statues. After a lunch we visited a village that has houses raised on stilts topped with steep thatch…