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Market in Pakse, Laos
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pakse_market.jpgAuthor: Hector Garcia
Pakse is a town in southern Laos. It is the biggest town in Champasak Province. Also written as Pakxe, or Paksé in French, Pakse is located at the confluence of the Mekong River with the Xedone River (also called Don River).
Unlike many towns in Laos that have existed for hundreds of years, Pakse is a pretty recent newcomer, having been founded by the French in 1905 as the administrative centre. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Champasak until 1946, when it was absorbed into the Kingdom of Laos.
The Pakse International Airport (PKZ) is a new airport that was completed in 2009. It offers flights by Lao Airlines to Vientiane, Bangkok, Luang Prabang, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Savannakhet.
Budget Travel within Pakse
There are tuk-tuks and motorcycle taxis that you can take rather inexpensively to go about the town.
Champasak Palace Hotel, former residence of the Prince of Champasakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pakse1.JPGAuthor: Adam Carr
Places of Interest in Pakse
- Champasak Heritage Historical Museum
A sparsely completely museum with a select number of ancient artifacts. - Champasak Palace Hotel
One of the grandest buildings in Pakse, built in 1968 as the residence of the last Prince of Champasak. - Pakse Market
Makeshift market that takes place around the site of the Central Market building destroyed by fire in 1997 - San Jao Suk Se
Spirit temple built in 1972. - Wat Luang
One of the few temples in Pakse, built in 1935. - Wat Tham Fai
Buddhist temple on a spacious ground which is often used as a venue of temple fairs.
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