The Village (Little) People

It was funny how these kids don't have much exposure to the world as we know it, but they already realize when tourists take photos of them, they get to see themselves on the camera. So they would run up to you saying, "Sabaidee! Moh-ka-toe", while rubbing their fingers up to their eyes (like a binocular motion) to get their photo taken. When they saw themselves on the camera they would erupt into fits of laughter.

Float Trip in December--Lao-style!

December 20th 2007
As nice and comfortable as our start to Thailand was (it was SO nice to have a comfortable place after the hardships of India!), we quickly got a little bored of it. Everywhere you go is well geared for tourism... great big groups of English and Australian lager louts patrol the streets noisily. The culture is a little thinned down as a result (certainly compared to India!), and everything had the ... 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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