Friday, January 24, 2025

Laos - The Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan)


ວັດຊຽງຄວນ : Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan, is a sculpture park located 25km southeast from Vientiane, in a meadow by the Mekong River.
The park may be referred to as Wat Xieng Khuan : วัดเซียงควน, since it contains numerous religious images.
The name Xieng Khuan means Spirit City.
The park contains over 200 Hindu and Buddhist statues. 

I bought this postcard during my visit to Vientiane, the capital of Laos (12th - 15th January 2025). The stamp was cancelled at the Post Office (HQ) in Vientiane. All the postcards from Laos during this trip (except two Luang Prabang postcards) were brought home myself.


The matching stamp.
Note : Laos Post Office do not have variety of stamp(s). The cost for international postcard is Kip40,000.00. The Post Office only have Kip2,500.00 which value was upgraded (by red marking the stamp) to Kip40,000.00 on February 2024. 

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