Phonsavan

I left Sayabuli after too many beers and about 5 days staying in a bungalow at a Karaoke bar restaurant with a heap of local party people. It was fun getting into a bit of a party with the locals for a change.
Went back through Luang Prabang towards Phonsavan.
This is the Museum being renovated...Should be very nice once the grounds are done.
The main attraction here is the Plain of Jars...I went to 3 sites but there are about 52 sites where big jars up to 3.5meters tall are scattered all over the place and estimated to be around 4000 years old.
Most sites are still being cleared from the unexploded bombs and mines from the war that never happened here...Only 4 jar sites are safe to enter and even the area around these sites are still dangerous because of the scattered unexploded mines etc.
There is a man made cave here where it looks like a big oven where the people may have baked the jars...There is a field out the front where there is a large collection of jars still scattered about. It looks to me like a manufacturing and market place...
The tourist information says the jars may have been for Rice Whiskey or burial purposes but there is no organic matter (bones etc) in the jars so they can not be dated and hence just about rules out the burial site theory.
Some of the other sites are not so easily explained. There are jars on top of hills. I am guessing the jars were used for water storage...And there is always good food on offer...