Lao Bump Kins

First learn to think in kip. A dollar is 8,400 kip, but for simplicity think of $1 as 10,000 kip, twenty cents as 2,000 etcetera. Eventually...

I wandered over to Pantip Plaza to buy an extra battery for my camera. The local Circuit City back home didn’t carry them. I figured if it’s...

Entrance to the Atlanta Hotel I first stayed at the Atlanta about thirteen years ago in the middle of the wet season 1996. My mom in law, my...

Treeline above Caribou Flats. I've been doing other stuff lately and not blogging about Laos. Obviously. Tuesday Dec 9 I leave for a cou...

This fellow and his friends started to appear at the beginning of the hot season. His name is Maeng Sahn , elephant insect. Quite the name...

liana or woody vine wrapping around itself . Great You Tube video. Sorry, embedding disabled by request of the producer, Journeyman Pictures...

above, Vang Vien Before Tourism Before I do a cut and paste from The New Statesman I'll give some background. Joe Cummings had a lot to ...