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Big Brother Mouse

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March 31st 2009
English Practice Big Brother Mouse opens its doors six days a week, from 9-11am for local Lao, Hmong, and Khmu students to practice their English with willing Western tourists. We planned to attend the English practice almost every day of our trip. Although we have never taught anything, let alone English, and considering we could not speak more than two words of Lao (we could say ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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