Wat Phou (Vat Phou) in southern Laos – officially known ... and traces of a variety of Buddhist doctrines may be seen in many Khmer temples. Now little more than a ruin, the location, recognised ...

elaborate Buddhist temples and an unhurried and inexpensive pace of life. Only the most intrepid travellers followed, as Laos, South-east Asia’s only landlocked country, operated few – and no ...

Laos, a place that feels stuck in time, is at the precipice of change. Backpackers found the country decades ago, drawn by staggeringly beautiful limestone mountains, elaborate Buddhist temples ...