Deep
in northeastern Laos lies Nam Et - Phou Louey National Protected Area; the
largest national park in Laos and one of the most remote primary jungles in
all of Southeast Asia. Due to the near
inaccessibility of the park, wildlife is left relatively undisturbed, leading
to growing populations of many endangered species like the sambar deer, gaur, white-cheeked
gibbon, and even tigers.
Plain of Jars: Secrets of Death
The
Plain of Jars is a mysterious ancient site that has hidden its secrets with
time, but also bears the scars of a more recent ‘secret.’ Shrouded in mystery and myth, this bizarre
collection of ancient megalithic stone jars is scattered in the hundreds across
a war-scarred countryside in northern Laos's Xieng Khuang province.
Little
is known about the civilization that created these giant jars, but archeologist
estimate that they date from the Southeast Asian iron age (500 BC – 200 AD). It’s believed the jar sites lie on what may
have been an ancient trade route that linked the iron ore in the area to the salt
supplies in the northeast.
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