We visited Wat Rong Khun aka the White Temple. The white color symbolizes purity, and the mirror pieces symbolize enlightenment. Opened in 1997, this place is privately owned. Admission fee for an…
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Laos Buffalo Dairy
On the way back from Kuang Si Falls on April 23rd, we visited Laos Buffalo Dairy. There was no one working at the coffee hut at the entrance. A sign pointed to…
Kuang Si Falls
In Luang Prabang, Laos, we hired a tuk tuk driver to take us to Kuang Si Falls. Pick up was at 8:00 am. Somewhere along the way, a new mother along with…
The Hill Tribe Museum of Chiang Rai
After watching a 20-minute video about the hill tribes in Thailand, I concluded I’m from the tribe called Yao (also called Mien). I’ve always known I’m Cantonese. The Cantonese people originated from the provinces of Guangdong (Canton) and Guangxi
America’s Secret War in Laos
During the Vietnam war, the United States carried out 580,000 bombing missions over Laos, a neutral country in the Vietnam War. The bombings started in 1964. For nine years, Laos sustained an…
Visiting a Khmu Village in Laos
Directly across the river from our hotel balcony in Pak Beng is Mekong Elephant Park. When we left this morning, we saw two of their elephants hanging out by the river. We…
A Private Boat Trip up The Mekong River
We started our two-day-one-night cruise on the Mekong River from Luang Prabang this morning. We arrived in Pak Beng, Laos around 5:30 pm and will be spending the night at a hotel…
Sunset on Mount Phousi
We climbed some steep stairs up to Mount Phousi for sunset. We saw many Buddha statues and shrines on our way up. There was a group of teenage monks applying cement onto…
Vientiane to Luang Prabang by Bus
Our journey from Vientiane to Luang Prabang started at 7:20 am yesterday. A fifteen-minutes ride on the tuk tuk brought us to the Vientiane Northern Bus Station. The bus was supposed to…
Noy’s Restaurant
The morning we arrived in Vientiane we had been awake for close to 30 hours. After checking in to our hotel, we went to find food, but were too tired to go…