A walk through Vientiane, capitol of Laos, visiting the Presidential Palace, which formerly served as the French governor’s palace, Wat Si Muang, Wat Si Saket, the oldest temple that survived the Siamese war of 1828 and with more than 8,000 Buddha statues lining the walls, and finally Wat Ho Phra Keo, a religious museum that displays a collection of both Lao and Khmer works of art.