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So I spent the day in Phonsavan, it has a rather harrowing history. The city was raised to the ground during the Vietnam war and the whole area was littered with bombies, cluster bombs that sprey shrapnel everywhere. There are numerous stories of entire villages being wiped out in the air strikes. I visited the plain of jars an area where there are hundreds of huge stone jars, thought to be coffins. It was sad to see the damage caused to them by the bombing. Also visited a beautiful water fall about 2k walk down the steep the forest in flip flops- not the best, but it was worth it! The tour also took us too a Hmong village where we were fed rice whiskey- nuf said. And to some caves. Where villagers hid during the war. Each night the restaurants and guest houses show films of the atrocities that occured during the war. Pretty grim but interesting to learn the history.
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