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PAK SONG
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| QUICK GUIDANCE |
| The breathtaking landscapes, beautiful coastlines, cultural delights and historical significance, make Laos an enjoyable stop in Asia travel map. To help you plan a trip in Pak Song - Laos, we provide the useful guide of hotel options, package tours, transport, attractions, shopping and entertainment. You just click the sections below for helpful information. |
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PAK SONG
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| The town of Paksong lies at a crossroads on a desolate stretch along the Bolaven Plateau, and boasts a dusty marketplace and a few newish buildings scattered around. Its primary importance is as a market centre for the numerous smaller villages in the area, and as a place for processing coffee beans grown on nearby plantations. It is surrounded by moorlands of grass and scrub dotted with occasional clumps of trees and pock-marked by bomb craters -- if you're walking around, stick to the paths.
At first there may not seem to be any reason to stop and stay here, but hang around for a while and you may start to change your mind. It's at a high elevation, and there's a cool tranquillity in the air you won't find elsewhere in the area. At the centre of town there is a football field, and much of the life of the town seems to centre around the sport in turn -- when we visited, an international tournament was under way.
Around the market in the evenings, you'll find locals whiling away the evening at one of the down-home, lao khao joints, nibbling on servings of pigs ears, pigs livers, and pigs kidney sausages. Foreigners are such a rarity, they are invariably asked to sit down and join the party. Don't worry, noodle soup is also an acceptable repast here as elsewhere in Lao. The other good reason to stay a night or two here is to spend a day visiting the local Daoheuang Coffee Plantation, 17km away, and the local tribal village, 13.5km away.
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GETTING IN - OUT
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GETTING AROUND
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| Northern Laos |
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Vientiane - Vang Vieng, Bokeo - Houeixai Town, Houaphan, Luang Namtha- Muang Sing, Luang Prabang - Muong Ngoi, Oudomxay, Phong Saly,
Xaignabouli, Xieng Khouang |
| Central Laos |
| Bolikhamxay, Khammouane - Khonglor Cave - Thakhaek Town, Savannakhet |
| Southern Laos |
| Attapeu, Champasak - Khong Island - Pakse Town, Salavan - Tadlo Waterfall, Sekong |
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