We left first thing after breakfast for the 40-minute drive back to the Pakse airport. It is a small airport with only a couple of gates. The flight back to Vientiane was only about an hoyur. We got off only slightly delayed and were back in Vientiane late afternoon. The original itinerary was to visit the Buddha Park when we got back to down but it was too late.
Patty wasn’t
feeling well and went straight to her room for the evening. Tara headed out to the night market for some
shopping. We opted for dinner in the
hotel restaurant. It was a bit more
upscale and expensive than we expected but we didn’t want to go elsewhere as we
had a lot of packing to do.
The next
morning (2/27) Paul and Tara decided to head out first thing in the morning
with the guide and visit Buddha Park.
Buddha Park is a sculpture park with over 200 sculptures. The park was started in 1958 and all of the
statues are made of reinforced concrete.
Some looked centuries old and many are fanciful and ornate. Very interesting.
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More Buddha Park
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They were back shortly
before lunchtime, and we all boarded the van shortly after noon for the 15-minute
drive to the airport. Our plane for Hong
Kong took off only a little late. On the
other hand, Tara and Patty’s flight to Singapore was about 10 hours late. Grueling.
Our flight to Hong
Kong was 2 and a half hours. Once there
we were picked up by the Crystal Cruise representative and taken to a car that
transported us to The Lingham where we will stay the night and board Crystal
tomorrow. Thus ends our Laos adventures.
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