For anyone keen on picking up elaborate handicrafts, Laos is an excellent destination. In this beautiful country, you can find hill-tribe crafts, art works, home-furnishings, silks, jewellery and couture quality textiles dominating the busy local markets. Although you can also easily realize many of these products available in Thailand, several of the items listed above are iconic images of Laos and its hill-tribes. Tourists are fixedly helping to support a still-growing and fragile economy if they buy traditional crafts such as carvings and silks. Indochina travel Laos

Real Lao souvenirs – source: afktravel.com

If you do not know what you want to buy, shopping in Laos can be overwhelming. Even before knowing what they want to buy, shopkeepers will inundate them with a large number of options, prices and colors. Have an idea of what you would like to buy before setting out souvenir shopping is one of the best ways to make shopping easier. This is also one way to prevent you from spending money on items that you may not really want but because of your sudden choice.

You could fulfill your bag with a lot of unique souvenirs and amazing gifts you can choose from in Laos, but on your return, keep in mind that some countries have the customs rules and regulations, which are very strict on what you can and must not bring. Hand your items over at the airport is exactly what you do not want to do. Travel to Laos

However, you still can pick up some souvenirs which are not too heavy or bulky and are allowed into any countries but also are ‘very Lao’. Here, you can get a wide range of colorful t-shirts with printed images of Laos, or images that represent the unique culture of Laos to keep the precious memories of your trip to this country. Although they are not expensive, they are a great gift for not only men and women but also children.

Colorful souvenirs – source: laosbackpackershostel.com

If you are looking for a perfect gift for most Lao women (such as your aunts, sisters and friends), a silk sinh (Lao skirt) and matching silk scarf is exactly what you should bring back home because you cannot find them in foreign countries, or as the materials in Laos are much better. So during your shopping in Laos be sure to pick up a wonderful sinh and scarf that your women can wear for some special occasions such as ceremonies, wedding parties, temples or other functions. As a rough guide, depending on the complexity of design and pattern, a suitable amount to pay for a silk sinh should be from $30 US upwards.

Lao silk – source: backstreetacademy.com

In Laos, you can easily find music DVDs, CDs and VCDs and widely sold. It is not hard to find a wide variety of Lao, American and Thai movies and music. Make sure you pick up the original ones since it may be not be legally allowable to bring copied discs from Laos into other countries although most CD stores usually have copies and originals in stock. Last but not least, another very nice and cheap souvenir is traditional genuine Lao handicraft. From stunning wood-carved items to handbags, you can find almost everything.

For anyone keen on picking up elaborate handicrafts, Laos is an excellent destination. In this beautiful country, you can find hill-tribe crafts, art works, home-furnishings, silks, jewellery and couture quality textiles dominating the busy local markets. Although you can also easily realize many of these products available in Thailand, several of the items listed above are iconic images of Laos and its hill-tribes.

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