Burning the hillsides

This is a photo taken on the way to a village visit in Hongsa to give you an idea of how much is cleared. People clear one area of land one year and move on to another, letting the vegetation regrow on the old land.

Projects in the North, Projects in the South and a bit of fun....

April 10th 2006
Happy Easter everyone! yes I have managed to get myself together to present to you a very LONG next installment.... Work takes me to Sayabouli province quite a bit as we have 3 projects up there at the moment (in the north/west of Laos) and this time I was on a mission to visit a community based disaster preparedness project in Hongsa district. Sivisay (the Hongsa project driver) and I jumped i ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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