Plain of Jars
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The Plain of Jars is in Laos.
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The nearest airport is in Phonsavan with at least four flights per week to Vientiane and some flights to Luang Prabang in winter. The nearest major airport (by Lao standards, anyway) is Luang Prabang. Lao Airlines schedule from October 07 to March 08 does not show any flights to Luang Prabang
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Local buses can be caught to Phonsavan from Luang Prabang and Vientiane. The buses are sometimes accompanied by military escorts of one or two men to protect the bus from bandits.
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At the various sites of the Plain of Jars, you can see literally hundreds of jars. Some have been damaged in the Indochine war (mainly destroyed by the French army). Some of the sites even now, still have bomb craters where jars have been split in two from a shell.
Tours can be booked everywhere in Phonsavan.
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Visit the MAG shop close to the Dokkhoun guest house. The Mines Advisory Group help clear bombs left by the secret war of the sixties and early seventies. For a $10 donation you get a free T-shirt. Worth a visit to learn more about the legacy of cluster bombs dropped by B52s hoping to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail. website www.mag.org.uk.
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The Nisha is a Indian restaurant run by Mohammed, an immigrant from Madras. In a small kitchen he seems to have an inexhaustable supply of ingredients and is able to produce superb cuisine whatever is ordered from the extensive menu. His eaterie is situated almost opposite the Dokkhoun guest house.
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