LAOS: A day in Vientiane is full of temples, colonial architecture and surprises

AP Worldstream | January 6, 2005| | Copyright

WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-06-2005
Dateline: VIENTIANE, Laos
A slow, thumping drum beat summoned 15 Buddhist monks wrapped in orange robes as the sun began to rise, and they gathered at a massive gold stupa called Pha That Luang _ the most important national symbol in Laos.

It was 6 a.m. and I met up with the drowsy but smiling monks as I began a one-day tour of Vientiane, the Lao capital that wraps around a bend in the Mekong River _ one of the world's great waterways.

Vientiane is a flat, dusty city of about 133,000 people that's so laid back that chickens peck ...

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