Sunset on the Mekong

Getting ripped off in the Land of Sticky Rice and Lizards

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February 15th 2007
oh I come from the land of darkness, I come from a land of doom. I come from a land of game hens, and the land of the big baboon. and i'm never never going back there, and i could not if i tried, cause i come from the land of lizards, and the lizards have all died. the lizards have all died, the lizards have all died. ca CAW ...swimming in a sea of sticky rice (think sushi rice), sticky man ... 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