Lao Bump Kins

Jeao Maclen, grill with meat cooking in the background The other day I was in town and it had been a long time since breakfast. Seeing this ...

This didn’t taste as good as it looks. The beetles are of a type that live in the mai mak neeow tree. They eat the leaves. My wife bought th...

Looking at this wall hanging should give you some idea of the issues involved. Across the top are the consonants with accompanying pictures...

Foe Pronounced Fuhhh. Spelled in Vietnamese as pho, it’s pronounced the same. Whatever you call it, I call it liquid heaven. When the French...

Tatu and His Handlers This is an extremely nice Spanish couple I met in Luang Namtha. I saw them at the restaurant next door to the internet...

Ghapi, absolutely deadly shrimp paste This is a brand called Ghapi Lime, from Thailand but the little part in the red dot is Lao writing, so...

OK here we go, my first blatant plug of a business. A few years ago while in Muang Sing I met a guy Vong who worked at the bank. His English...