The Savannakhet Dinosaur Museum, Savannakhet Province, Laos

3Nhat 5:00 PM Jan 29, 2014

Nice guide, not worth to see
I like this place not because of its displaying items (dinosaur bones), but the old-man guide. He has lived at the museum for 17 years and will retire in 2014. He spent most of his time in maintaining and protecting the museum, which is his pride that is worth to spend his life for. He said if the government still want to keep the museum, he may have a chance to guide tourists and tell us about story of the museum and his own story. 10,000 kip/visitor, and not much things to see. You don't even understand as some of explications are in French, and unclear. The museum is not well-organised as well. The old-man gave us some bones of dinosaur, which were pretty heavy. This was the first time we saw, heard and touched dinosaur bone, and that's it.

3JapKoreanThai 5:00 PM Feb 23, 2013

Dinosaur
Been there and discover that there are two other backpackers sitting outside. When the staff saw me, he went to open the back gate and inform the other two people that they could enter as well. He entered to open the lights and decorations first. I think that it is acceptable for me as it is not worth using the electricity for the whole day just for a few people. I looked that the signature book and saw that they only have some visitors per day. Nevertheless, the male staff and female staff are polite, always have a smile on their face. They could not speak english but it is quite common in Laos. No worries. It is a short walk but it is nice to see that the Laos people are proud of their dinosaur discovery as part of their local culture such that one of the roundabout decoration is about dinosaurs!!!