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palace. Today it is a museum where you can Dinner is on your own this evening.
see the royal throne and other artifacts. The -]PLVQL^_ 7`YNS
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Day 11 Vientiane • Fly to Phnom
into several halls and rooms displaying gifts
Penh, Cambodia
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collections of swords and Buddha images.
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capital. Despite its growing population, the PcNW`^TaP _Z : , ? _]LaPWP]^ L^ QPb ,XP]TNLY
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and street vendors spread out their wares and while here, we’ll witness a dance
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arrive in the capital this afternoon, we’ll SPLO MLNV _Z _SP SZ_PW bSP]P bPɪWW PYUZd ^ZXP
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witnessing group aerobics at King Anouvong ;L]V bSP]P dZ` NLY ^_]ZWW LWZYR _SP ?ZYWP >L[
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evening as the guests of a local family for an
Later, we’ll enjoy a ride in a remork (the
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from the hotel to a local restaurant where
we’ll have dinner.
Day 10 Vientiane
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friendly city of some 600,000 people. First,
bPɪWW aT^T_ BL_ >T^LVP_ _SP ZWOP^_ -`OOST^_ Day 12 Phnom Penh • Visit Tuol Sleng
monastery in Laos featuring more than Prison Museum & Killing Fields of
6,800 images of the seated Buddha in wood, Choeung Ek
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Museum and the Killing Fields of Choeung
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bloody past under Pol Pot and the Khmer
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together at a local restaurant, and then you
the nature of true evil here in this gentle land,
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Vientiane at your own pace.
commemorates the 1.7 million victims of the
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is one of many throughout Cambodia.
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