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Kite and Beer Store, Pakse, Laos  
   

Kite and Beer Store, Pakse, Laos

Outside the Sabaidy 2 Guesthouse in Pakse the kids playing in the street are Canon fodder for the tourists. (See what I did there? Canon rather than cannon... I should be doing this professionally). The kids run up and down the street with massive home made kites in scenes reminiscent of the movie "The Kite Runner". Or so I'm told. I haven't actually seen the film but there was a French girl there that assured me it was true.
Entering the Fuggy Haze

October 1st 2008
Bangkok - Pakse - Don Khong - Don Khon - Pakse - Attapeu As I retrieved Vik’s rucksack from an overly confident tuk-tuk drivers vehicle I banged my head on a typically well positioned and unfeasibly rusty Laos road sign. There was an audible “oooo” from the group of drivers who surrounded us. “Happens to me all the time; that was nothing - in Scotland we put barbs on the signs so yo ... read more
Asia » Laos » South

Lao or Laotian Flag 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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