Listening to rice grow
May 21st 2010 "The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grow, and the Loas listen to it grow." French colonialists. For me, this is the beauty of Laos.
Stepping off the boat in Don Det, one of the "4000 islands" in the Mekong river, I was struck: no locals pushing and shouting for me to come to their bungalow. It was as if I had to walk around and decide for myself!!! It was great. I strolled
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