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…
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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…
Buddha Park Fortune Telling
Here are a few pictures taken at Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan) yesterday, some with my camera and some with my phone. There were a lot of people sprinkling water on the…
The 32 Spirits of the Baci Ceremony
We hired a tuk-tuk to take us to a few of Vientiane’s more significant temples today. We chose to go on the second day of Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year) so…
Pi Mai Rained Out? Not Possible.
It rained on and off since early this afternoon, and when it rained it was pouring hard. The locals believe water can wash away the sins committed in the previous year. For…
Are You Ready to Get Wet?
I’ve been asked a hundred times if I’m ready, and I’ve been told a thousand times to put my hands up today by DJs around town. “Are you ready?!” “Put your hands…
Sabaidee Pi Mai!
From what I’ve read about Pi Mai Lao (the Lao New Year aka Songkran), April 13th is the last day of the old year, April 14th is a transition day that belongs…
Solicitation Along The Mekong
We went to a place by the Mekong River for dinner. We had grilled prawns, fried whole fish in spicy “source” and mixed vegetable stir fry. Three dishes and two large bottles…
Vientiane Tidbits
I love how this man loves his cat, and how his cat loves him back. No business? No problem. Maybe we’ll buy something from them tomorrow. I couldn’t wait until we get…