It is an amazingly quaint and chill place with not a huge amount to do. That is the charm, really.
On the Banks of the Mekong.
30 Seconds of Zen- Issue 2
Quick! What’s the capital of Laos?
Here’s an interesting fact. At one point in the 70s, the US Embassy in Vientiane, Laos was the largest in the world with over 3,000 Americans posted there.
Mystic Portal
The spirits felt disrespected and needed to be appeased.
On The Burma Road
Like a turtle trapped atop a fence post, or an ill-informed strongman, one wonders how this came to be?
Saigon
And though I was just 90 miles from “4 Dead in Oh-Hi-Oh”, I had so little idea about it what it all meant.
American Fried Rice’s
As every morning should start with a stimulating conversation, we discussed the origins of American Fried Rice
Circus
The sad part is that this emergency, this crisis, is entirely man made… A phantom…. A brown-backed bogeyman who traipses in on foot hundreds of leagues.
Krabi New Year’s Eve
On at least one occasion he miscalculates and whacks his face with a flaming metal orb. Thankfully, he does not combust.
Karma Schooling
This all happened some 25 years ago in a strongly, face-saving nation far, far away. A growing international primary and secondary school was trying to burnish its image and trying for accreditation. […]
