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Laos — how to identify

The fastest country-level clues for Laos in GeoGuessr: language, road furniture, bollards, license plates, and more.

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Stop Sign — Laos
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Stop Sign

Using 2 Lao characters ຢຸດ.

Often bilingual, featuring "STOP" in English below the Lao text

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Off-road bollard — Laos
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Off-road bollard

A cuboid stone with a flat or pointed top, painted with two red and two white stripes

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Bollard — Laos
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Bollard

Stone cuboid with a flat or pointed top.

Black-and-white or yellow-and-white stripes. Stripes have the same size. In Thailand stripes have different sizes

White painted rectangle reflector on one side, 2 little white circles on another (sometimes). No reflectors are possible

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Driving side — Laos

Driving side

Driving side is right

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Private yellow plate — Laos

Private yellow plate

Type: Private

Shape: Short

Background: Yellow

Text: Black

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Lao script — Laos

Lao script

The Lao alphabet looks small and rounded, with only a few marks above or below.

It’s similar to Thai, but with fewer straight lines

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Concrete roads — Laos

Concrete roads

Concrete road blocks are common. Similar can be found in nearby countries - Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam

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Square Poles — Laos

Square Poles

Most roadside poles are square concrete columns with a vertical row of small pinholes

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Buddhist temples — Laos

Buddhist temples

Gold-trimmed, richly decorated Buddhist temples are common in Laos, as well as in Thailand and Cambodia

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Long lamps — Laos

Long lamps

Long lamps are often attached to utility poles in Laos, similar to those in Thailand

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Commercial plate — Laos

Commercial plate

Type: Private

Shape: Short

Background: White

Text: Black

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Hammer-and-sickle flags — Laos

Hammer-and-sickle flags

Red flags with the communist hammer-and-sickle symbol can sometimes be seen along roads and on buildings

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Chevron — Laos

Chevron

Background: Yellow

Arrows: Bold black

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Striped kerbs — Laos

Striped kerbs

In both cities and rural areas, kerbs are often painted in alternating red, yellow, or black and white stripes

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Government plates — Laos

Government plates

Type: Government

Shape: Short

Background: Blue

Text: White

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