CHAMPASAK |
Small district of 38,000 people on the western bank
of the Mekong River. The Angkor-period ruins of Wat Phu Champasak lie
8km south of the town. |
SI PHAN DON
(Four Thousand Islands) |
During the rainy season this 50km-long section of
the Mekong River just north of the Cambodian border reaches a width of
14km (the widest it ever reaches). During the dry months the river recedes
and leaves behind thousands of islands and islets. |
WAT PHU CHAMPASAK |
This Khmer temple site is spread over the lower slopes
of Phu Pasak and its name means 'Mountain Temple'. The surviving structures
date from as early as the Chenla Kingdom (6th to 8th centuries). |
