Oranges, Tangerines, and bananas were always available and always cheap. At this location, tangerines were only 4,000 Kip per kilogram. ($.45 for a dozen tangerines) And they were always delicious!
The Royal Road of Lao February 10th 2008 The Royal Road - Luang Prabang to Vientiene
I am now home in the United States and I have been horrible about getting this last entry published. I had several computer problems and couldn't get my pictures off, and since I've been back, i've just been lazy at writing this last blog, so I appologize.
Luang Prabang
So here I am typing about the beginning to the end of my bicycle journey. I had th ... 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
Hello, my name is John Williams and I am 25 years old. I graduated college in May 2007 from Black Hills State University with degrees in Management and Entrepreneurship. Throughout my college career I ran track and cross country for the school and was involved in Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and the Jacket Investment Club. I am from Spearfish, South Dakota, USA, which is a beautiful, small town in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota, near Mount Rushmore (The famous Presidential Heads).
My latest blogs were about my backpacking trip through Europe which took place in the Fall of 2... full info