Our First Morning Walk in Vientiane

This morning, we took our first walk in Vientiane. It's not a good idea to walk until after 8:30 AM due to the traffic. Even at that time, we noticed significant increase in traffic volume. We also noticed the amount of construction that was occurring around the city. One of the walks that we do is to the monument That Luang. It has a large parking lot that many people use to walk, jog and exercise. However, 3 policeman stopped us and indicated that we couldn't walk in the parking lot. The reason, Parliament was in session today. So we said thank you and went to the sidewalk.

This building pictured above is the new police museum.

The large parking lot is where we usually walk, but today, not to happen. The buildings are the Parliament. This is as close as we could get today.

That Laung the most important national monument in Laos. It is a symbol of both Buddhist religion and Lao sovereignty. It is a large stupa, which is a burial place, and was built in the 3rd century BC. In all the temples, you can see stupas on the grounds since the bones of Lao peoples are buried in them after cremation.

Here are photos of some of the other sights that we saw this morning.

This is a reclining Buddha constructed out of cement and below is the model of what the Buddha will look like when completed.

Ice Cream delivery!!!

We met this woman who was selling brooms when walking home to Kris' house.