Plain of Jars

The plain of jars is an ancient site of stone jars, estimated to have been made in 500BC. Some of them weigh tons, transported miles, who knows how, and the guess is that they were funeral urns. Sort of a one hit wonder town, it is a wonder though, and the town and surrounding hills were also hit hard by the US in their, one of many, unnamed wars.

We rented a scooter to get around and near the plain were many memorable views.

On the side of the road we saw an old man weaving a basket so stopped.

Inside the hut was a woman weaving a skirt of sorts.

The kids loved us. Jacqueline bought a skirt, I was going to but only one was finished. From the hands of the artisan, so to speak.

So at the entrance to the plain of jars was this warning about the safe path to take.

These are the markers it mentions. They are pretty close together so you wonder what is point in worrying. If a UXO goes off underground nearby, well, I'm not sure what protection you'd have. But it's a well trodden path so I put it out of my mind.