#along the mekong river #buddha image and altar #champasak #feeling like an explorer #henri pamentier #hidden jungle #hidden within the jungle rediscovered in 1914 #nothern palace #phou kao mountain #reconstruction and renovations #site of vat phou #southern laos #the facade of the vat phou sanctuary #theunforgettablepictures #tomb raider #unesco world heritage site of vat phou #vat phou #vat phou started around 1000ad #wat phou #wat phu #ancient khmers temple #early angkor wat style #exceptional archeological site #influences come from khmer hindu and buddhist traditions #natural spring #protected status in 2001 #rediscovered vat phou in 1914 #sacred place #templemountain #topf100