Happy New Year! Luang Prabang, Laos

For the four or five days around New Year the streets are lined with people soaking passers by with buckets of water. There's no escaping it. If you walk outside you are going to get wet. Line your rucksacks with bin liners and prepare to be soaked! Oh, and expect to have vast quantities of talc rubbed into your face. The main targets of the water throwers are motorcyclists, cyclists and open tuk-tuks. We saw one road accident involving two cyclists hit by a large bucket of water.

Ghost Nation

April 4th 2007
Huay Xai - Luang Nam Tha - Nong Khiaw - Luang Prabang - Vientiane “There’s something strange in you’re neighbourhood, There’s something weird and it don’t look good, Who you gonna call?” Those of you whose answer to this question was “Social Services - I keep them on speed dial” should consider moving neighbourhood because the answer is of course, “Ghostbusters!” If you are ... read more

Asia » Laos

Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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