Lao Bump Kins

Last night I turned my web browser to read that all charges had been dropped against General Vang Pao. The general stood accused of plotting...

A different view of Tad Fan, from the top of the falls. Click for a clear picture I first noticed the sign for Siihom (pronounced "see ...

The bridge at Nong Khiaw Riverside Lodge seemingly resting on bridge. Last winter while wandering through northern Laos I spent the night at...

It would be difficult to spend much time in Laos and especially in the houses and villages of the Lao Seung (upland peoples) without develop...

From the Denver Examiner (click for link) "We were in the process of setting up a short haul to put Luebben on a backboard and a litte...

The Ferry at Thaduea, Xaiyabouli Province The other day I got this eamail saying someone wanted permission to use a photo from my blog in ma...

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...