 Bolikhamsai
Province
Bolikhamsai
province contains part of the wilderness area known as the
Nakai - Nam Theun National Biodiversity Conservation Area the
largest conservation area in the country at 3700 sq km.
The area is home to over a dozen threatened species including
Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, elephant, giant muntjac,
guar, Malayan sun bear, and tiger.
The
saola (spindlehorn) or Vu Quang Ox - Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
was discovered in neighbouring Vietnam in 1992 and sighted since
then in Laos in the conservation area. Only two other
land mammals have been classified with their own genus this
century. The first live saola was captured in neighbouring
Khammouane province in 1996.
The
capital of Bolikhamsai is Paxxan, which can be reached from
Vietntiane by bus in about three hours.
A typical
Lao village kitchen.
All cooking is on open fires.
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