Afternoon-Evening Bank Security

At bedtime, he lays down the bedding and mosquito net he has brought across the doorway, and sets up metal barricades around his bed.

A Place Where Bank Security Means Sleeping in Front of the Bank

March 20th 2010
The other night I biked by the bank at 11 PM and saw a familiar scene but one that’s not so common in the US. The security guy guarding the bank has brought a blanket and pillow from home and has literally made a bed at the doors to the bank, where he is fast asleep and snoring. In the US we thinking guarding means being awake, but here in Laos it just means being present. While helping out a ... read more

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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

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