Charlie Scheiner is an analyst from Lao Hamutuk, a rights organization that monitors the development of East Timor's social and civic institutions.
VOA: standard.2009.09.07
From there a two-hour drive took me to the border, where I exited Thai immigration and wandered over to a wooden hut on the Lao side to obtain a visa and clear immigration.
While that temple dazzles because of its detail and sheer massive scope, the Lao version is a more delicate pleasure, offering the ruins of two matched pavilions, along with other temples containing walls dating to the fifth and sixth centuries.