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Laughter in Laos (2 of 3) – Vientiane, Laos
Laughter in Laos
Vientiane, Laos & Bangkok, Thailand
By Luke Melia
January 2, 2002
It was the birthday party for Sombath’s friend Tho. I knew that he was the son of a Brigade Leader in the Lao Military, so I suspected his family was fairly well-to-do. We had some trouble finding th
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Laughter in Laos (3 of 3) – Vientiane, Laos
Laughter in Laos
Nom Kiaw & Muang Ngoi
Laos’ Rural Muang Ngoi – Up in the Hills of LaosJanuary 14, 2002
In northern Laos, there’s a small town called Nom Kiaw. It’s on Route 13, the best road in the country, so it’s easy to get to. We got there via song-thaew (l
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #5: The Laap of Luxury – Northern Laos
The Laap of Luxury
From Soppong we headed to that backpacker paradise, Pai. We were impressed with the Lomo photographs at Mitthai, a local shop, and we had some of the best ginger tea of our lives at a nighttime stall (the strong $.25 tea came with free spoonfuls of pumpkin, water chestnut, o
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #6: Goats, Missiles, Chickens, and Fighter Planes – Southern Laos to Northeastern Cambodia
Goats, Missiles, Chickens, and Fighter Planes
A few days ago we crossed the Laos border by boat into Ratanakiri – the northeastern province of Cambodia. From Stung Treng (where the boat dropped us off) to the town of Ban Lung, we took what was possibly the worst road I have ever seen. Ap
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Things That Money Just Can’t Buy – Laos
Things That Money Just Can’t Buy
Or: how I came to learn that smell was a relative thing
Laos
Don Det
I had just come back from the most magical week I ever had. In fact, it was so amazing that even the story I am about to tell couldn’t shake those stars out of my eyes.
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Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #68: Laos: Lazy Days Along the Mekong – Laos
#67: Laos:
Lazy Days Along the Mekong
6 NOV 2002
Right on the Chinese-Lao Border
I have taken another painful bus journey and am now in Mohan, right on the border with Laos. Customs is 100m down this road. I will spend the night in this dusty cowboy town – a simple border post previously
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What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #4 – Waiting for Inspiration in Laos – Chiang Kong, Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Laos
4: Waiting for Inspiration in Laos
17 Mar 2002
It is said that Laos is the most bombed country in the world – and it’s never been at war. I thought this was a little unfortunate considering. I would love to tell you that I love the place or even that I hate the place, but I have not
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China. Maybe One Day #17: Journeys in Time – Laos
Journeys in Time
We had to get up early to cross the border into Laos. We did have the choice of taking an 800 baht trip offered by the guesthouse. This included taxi to the border, longtail boat across the river/border and then another tuk-tuk to a waiting “special” boat. Adventur
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Searching for Something #16: Lazy in Laos – Laos
16: Lazy in Laos
24 June 2002
We were back in Bangkok for several weeks, so decided to split up the time with a brief trip over the border to Laos. I’d heard rave reviews from other travellers, so was looking forward to an amazing time. I’ve discovered that visiting Laos is more ab
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Something Out of Nothing – Savannakhet, Laos
Something Out of Nothing
Savannakhet, Laos
Savannakhet sunset
Not a lot happens in Savannakhet. Even the excitable wordsmiths at Lonely
Planet appear to be struggling for descriptions of the populous town on the
western side of central Laos.
“Savannakhet has a number of Fren
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Sit and Listen to the Rice Grow – Laos
Sit and Listen to the Rice Grow
Laos
How far that little candle throws his beams
So shines a good deed in a naughty world!
– The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare
There must be a point at which the mountains end and the clouds begin. It is impossible to tell where that point is.
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Quickly Down the Mekong – Laos
Quickly Down the Mekong
Laos
A full moon rises above Huay Xai in Laos and is reflected in the waters of the Mekong. From the Thai side of the river at Chiang Khong, the annual Loi Krathong festival commences. Tea light candles are placed on banana leaves and bedecked with hibiscus, incense and
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Street Meat and Monks – Laos
Street Meat and Monks
Pak Beng, Mekong River & Luang Prabang, Laos
My two days chugging ever so slowly down the Mekong River were coming to a close. Two days on an overcrowded water-taxi of sorts was broken up by a one-night stopover in the Lao village of Pak Beng. Slowly chugging down the
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Me, My Girl, and a Frost Free February #13: Laos – Laos
Laos
March 23 – April 13, 2003
Halfway through my bus ride from Hanoi to Vientiane I’d had enough. For the last 10 hours I’d been perched uncomfortably on my non-reclining, child-size chair, with the guy in front of me lighting up cigarettes every half hour or so. The bus wi
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A Long, Slow Riverboat … And More – Laos
A Long, Slow Riverboat … And More
Laos
The one-minute Mekong riverboat crossing into Laos from Chiang Kong was almost surreal, even in the gray, unorthodox, late November drizzle. Palm trees dominated the lush, green and hilly topography along either side of the river. Seven Thais and/or
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Oh My God, My Ass Hurts!! – Laos
Oh My God, My Ass Hurts!!
Laos
Road warrior
I am so f***ing tired and my ass hurts!! 30+ hours of sitting in boats, buses and pick-ups is not good for one’s body. I have traveled from the southernmost point of Laos to Vang Vieng, the gateway to the north. We left Don Det ear
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Protein Power – Laos
Protein Power
Laos
We picked up the dead cow in the 23rd hour of the 16-hour bus trip.
I had nodded off to sleep, an unbelievable feat for me. At home, I practically needed hermetic seclusion to fall asleep. Partying neighbors, my housemate’s television, or a phone conversation down the h
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The Killing of the Pig – Laos
The Killing of the Pig
Laos
New York, 7:30PM, a nice French restaurant. You look at the menu and here it is:
a cotelette de porc with this unreadable sauce which “sounds” so good. Yes, that’s
it. “I’ll have the cotelette.” You give back the menu, smile, R
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Literally Going With the Flow – Kenny Walpole
Literally Going With the Flow
Laos
Olle, Marika and I had been traveling in Laos together for about two weeks. By now were used to hiking though remote mountain regions, sleeping in hammocks strung up inside unused day shelter huts and living off sticky rice and whatever unfortunate animal stra
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General Info About Laos by Bernhard Heiser
Political Situation
After the 1975 takeover, Laos is ruled by the communist LPRP. The national motto is Peace, Independence, Democracy, Unity and Prosperity.
Prime Minister Khamtay Siphandone is also Secretary-General of the Politburo, the Permanent Secretariat and the Central Committee, thus
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