contemplating the Mekong river

Rambo and the Paparazzi invade Laos

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April 5th 2018
The world is full of strange and wondrous things. Mud flaps don’t usually make the list, but the ones on the tuk tuks in Luang Prabang, Laos are adorned with the unmistakable image of Rambo. This may not be wondrous, but it is definitely strange. Rambo is a classic American hero archetype -- a self-reliant, super-individualistic, gratuitously violent, gunslinger outlaw. In the movie (First Blood ... 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