A local delicacy

The hardest part of the stay in these remote villiages for both myself & the others has been the food. Western & local taste are totally different. The villiagers eat things that are totally unpallatable to us, & interestingly enough, the western food that we took for them to try, including chocolate, did not suit their taste.

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A week in Ba Na

March 10th 2008
This week has been spent in Ba Na "The Elephant Villiage". The 14 guides had already had some English lessons, & we spent time trying to bring them up to the next level. ... 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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