Sayniabuli

Sayniabuli lies beside the Nam Houng in the hilly country west of the Mekong. The Nam Houng is a tributary of the great river, winding through valleys enclosed by forested ridges. A Buddhist temple, Vat Sibounheuang, overlooks the river from a hill. Farther south the steep mountains shelter wild elephants, long associated with the wooded uplands of this part of Laos.