Second day on the cruise, just as wonderful as the first! Trip to an indigenous village and Buddha cave!! December 30th 2013 Our first stop today was in a small village and it was today that we learned a lot about the indigenous tribes and people of Laos. According to the tour guide on the boat there are different indigenous groups and two different religions - spirit worshippers and Buddhists (similar to Buddhism in Thailand, they worship daily at shrines in their own houses and temples, in Laos too.) Spirit worshipper ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang 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
I moved to Italy three years ago. I worked for two years in the Tuscany region and this year I've travelled through Rome (6 weeks) Pisa (3 months), Genova (2 months), Bologna (2 weeks), Venice (1 week), Naples (5 days.) Most of this trip was done under the second lockdown when Italy was empty of tourists.
I moved to Palermo, Sicily's capital at the end of May 2021 and lived there for 2 months, I left Palermo and spent 7 days in each of the following cities in this order - Agrigento, Trapani, Taormina, Ragusa, Siracusa and stayed in Catania for September. In October I moved to Naples for a t... full info