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Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.

Loy Krathong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

Loy Krathong is a special festival celebration in Thailand in November. Float your sorrows away and release your hopes and dreams into the heavens.

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Launching Bang Fai in Laos' Rocket Festival

Lauching Bang Fai in Laos' Rocket Festival

Carrie Marshall - globetrotteri [200]

The Bang Fai were being launched just as we arrived in Vang Vieng at the beginning of the rainy season in the six lunar month of the year. As it turns out, the dancing and singing, the floats, and the...

Destinations: Laos
Topics: Festivals
Mrs Kham cooking in a Lantien village

What a Difference a Camera Makes

Kees Sprengers - kees5 [193]

My story named “Documentary Photography in Luang Namtha” has caused a number of people to ask me questions about my procedures to get the images I wanted. Here is my story, reprinted from my own web...

Destinations: Luang Namtha
Topics: Culture | Travel | People | Photography | Festivals | Nature | Ecotourism
Calm like The Heart!

Calm Before The Storm!

Totally Confussed - infoonthai [492]

Let me introduce myself, I am Info. I am not Thai but live with my wife here in Thailand. This blog is dedicated to all the people in the world that have calm thoughts and peace in their souls. Being...

Destinations: Burma | Korea, S | Mekong River | Laos | Thailand | Japan
Topics: National Parks | Adventure | Festivals | Traditions | Culture | Photography | Nature | Ancient History
Down the Mekong with No Paddle

Down The Mekong with No Paddle

Joshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,401]

California John and I had bummed around Bangkok for a few days before realizing the city was a bad place for men trying to stay faithful to women back home. We decided to hop a sleeper bus into...

Destinations: Laos | Luang Prabang
Topics: Culture | People | Festivals | Traditions | For Kids | War & Conflict | Ecotourism

Laos New Year

Donald Gilliland - dgilliland [4,036]

What do you get when you mix buckets of water, talcum powder, jasmine petals and barbecued water buffalo? A festive Buddhist New Year's Celebration in Laos, that's what. As if there weren't enough New...

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Festivals

Thai town in uproar over charges that fireball phenomenon is faked

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188]

Residents of a remote town in northern Thailand are up in arms over a TV investigation which found that a famous fireball phenomenon in the Mekong River which draws hordes of tourists annually could...

Destinations: Nong Khai province | Vientiane | Laos | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Festivals | Traditions
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