It hard to imagine Champassak as a seat of royalty but until only 30 years ago it was just that.These day the town is a somnolent place,the fountain circle in the middle of the Main Street alluding to a grandeur long since departed with the former Royal family.The remaining French colonial era buildings,including one that once belonged to Chao Boun Oum Na Champassak and another to his father Chao Ratsadanai,share space with traditional Laos wooden houses.The few vehicles that venture down Champassak has a couple of mildly interesting temples