Pak Ou Cave

After the pitstop at Ban Xang Hai, we proceeded on to Pak Ou Caves. After docking, I climbed the 200+ steps to the upper cave which turned out to be a dark cave (I had a flashlight with me) with a whole lot of Buddha figurines and not much else. Not a terribly spectacular sight, but at least this cave wasn‘t crowded as the steps deterred quite a few people.

The lower cave was a zoo. I got to the first landing inside the cave but there were so many people just standing around that no one could get past them. I gave up and turned around. Besides that, I swear, so many tourists seem to be so paranoid of insect bites that they douse themselves in insect repellent. The smell at the lower cave was nauseating.

Overall, this was an underwhelming excursion.

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