Built in 1958,
Buddha Park, or
Wat Xieng Khuan, is
25 km southeast of
Vientiane by Mekong River, a
40-minute car ride with the last 10 minutes on a dusty dirt road. It's more like a
sculpture park that's not very big but bizarrely interesting - we spent just
under an hour there, which was more than enough time. It costs
5000 kip to get in, with an additional
3000 kip for each
camera.
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We read online that you can take bus 14 from the bus station for 6000 kip then transfer on a tuk tuk, but we didn't want the hassle — so we asked some tuk tuk drivers, who quoted 195,000 to 300,000 kip for a return trip while showing us their ridiculously expensive "official" laminated price list. No way.
We ended up hiring a new private air-conditioned sedan with a driver from our hotel for 165,000 kip. It's been a while since we rode in a nice vehicle — even though it was just a Kia, it felt utterly luxurious with its red and black leather interior.
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