2. By: JT

4. 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.

5. Parliament Building

6. City Hall

7. Vientiane

8. Patuxai (victory gate)

9. Patuxai

10. Patuxai Details

11. Pha That Luang

12. Pha That Luang Entrance

13. Buddha Park

14. Wat Si Saket

16. Drum Tower

17. Night Market

21. Akha woman

23. Elephant Hospital in Luang Prabang

31. Luang Prabang

32. Luang Prabang Museum

36. Cave Temple-Pak Ou

38. Pak Ou

39. Wat Xieng Thong Temple

40. Temple Interior

41. Wat Ho Phra Bang

42. Temple Guardian

43. Haw Pha Beng Temple Interior

44. Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang

46. Mekong River

48. Don Khone

50. Khouang Si Waterfall

52. Moonlight on Mekong River

53. Irgendwo

54. Kong Island

55. Khouang Si Waterfall

56. Mekong