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Some 15 miles upriver from Luang Prabang are the Pak Ou caves, situated at the confluence of the Ou and Mekong rivers.
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Key Stats
Flight from London
11:00 hrs
Time Difference
GMT +7 hrs
Here, thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues are crammed into two caves carved out of a towering limestone cliff. The images of Buddha range in size from a few centimetres to lifesize, and have been placed here over the centuries by devotees, turning the caves into glittering shrines.
