Wat Phou: a miracle waiting to happen.

UN Chronicle | November 1, 1987| | Copyright

Wat Phou: A miracle waiting to happen

CHAMPASSAK WAS ANIMATED despite the sweltering heat of mid-morning. Women dressed in sarong-like skirts and white blouses converged on the community hall that overlooks the palm-shaded river meandering through the town. The women of Champassak had been cooking for several days now; enough rice, fish, pork and poultry to feed the whole town and its guests. Many of the men were inside the hall awaiting the arrival of a group of visitors from Vientiane. They had seen the orange dust cloud in the wake of the vehicle bearing the ...

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