To the Plain of Jars
9:00 | 28 December 2009 | GMT+07:00
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PLAIN OF JARS, XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE, LAOS
One or two jar sites are right off a main road, but like most things in Laos the rest are down a few kilometers of dirt track and poorly marked footpath. That trail looks a lot like something you’d find in Eastern North Carolina, except stepping off the path might get you blown up.

There’s so much UXO laying around most of the jar sites that they’ve been closed since the war. The ones that are open have been cleaned up by MAG in an effort to boost tourism, but they were only able to do a thorough job on certain areas. The paths are all marked with these red and white bricks – everything on the red side remains uncleared.


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