Your base for this tourist attraction is the Unesco World Heritage town of Luang Prabang, Laos. For tourist information about Luang Prabang, go to Luang Prabang Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Laos, read also the Laos Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
Wat Hosian Travel Info
Wat Hosian is a Lao temple in Luang Prabang. It is located along the Chao Fa Ngum Road, the main road in Luang Prabang. To enter it, you climb a short flight of steps flanked on both sides with silver naga balustrades. The balustrades are very interesting in that at the end of it, the mouth of the naga spews out several smaller nagas.
When I visited Wat Hosian, its sim - ordination hall - was undergoing restoration. Around the compound are a few stupas, a drum house, and very simple quarters for the monks, built like rural houses, on stilts. Next door to Wat Hosian, accessible via a short flight of stairs going down the slope, is Wat That.
If you're going to Luang Prabang, you'd be glad to know that the town is quite small. You can go to most places on foot if you want to. Otherwise, you can also catch a tuk tuk to take you around. As for accommodation, they range from very simple, basic beds to boutique hotels. You can visit the Luang Prabang Hotels guide for a list of budget accommodation.
The entrance into Wat Hosian is via this flight of steps flanked with naga balustrades.
Coming out of the mouth of the main naga are several smaller nagas.
The sim of Wat Hosian.
The monks of Wat Hosian stay in very simple quarters.
5 Days 4 Nights Romantic Luang Prabang Tour
Explore Luang Prabang, Pak Ou, Kuang Si Waterfalls on this 5 day 4 nights tour, provided by Exotissimo Travel in conjunction with AsiaExplorers. Details here. (This tour is conducted only until September 2012).
