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The rapids on the Nam Khan River were a little more challenging than I thought

Kayaking Adventure

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Kayaking down the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang in Laos...

Destinations: Vientiane | Luang Prabang | Laos | Lancang-Mekong River
Topics: Travel | National Parks | Adventure | 20th Century History | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | People | Beaches & Resorts | Agriculture | Sports | Nature
Khom was our tour guide at the Land Mines Museum in Siem Riep

Visiting A Land Mines Museum

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Khom acted as our well informed tour guide at a land mines museum in Siem Reap.

Destinations: Kbal Spean | Battambang | Bokor | Poutang | Thun Mong | Angkor | Siem Reap | Kompong Thom | Poipet | Phnom Penh | Sihanouk Ville | Kratie | Cambodia | Koh Kong | Preah Seihanu | Tonle Sap | Stoeng Treng | Pailin | Bot Sala | Lancang-Mekong River
Topics: 20th Century History | War & Conflict
Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.

Loy Krathong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

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

Destinations: Pathum Thani province | Nonthaburi province | Mae Hong Son | Buriram province | Ko Tao | Sukhothai | Ko Phi Phi | Uttaradit province | Khao Yai National Park | Nakorn Chaisri | Phimai | Ko Phangan | Chonburi province | Lopburi | Ranong | Satun province | Nakhon Ratchasima | Lampang | Ko Sichang | Narathiwat Province | Hua Hin | Mae Sot | Khon Kaen province | Phetchaburi | Yasothon province | Surat Thani | Golden Triangle | Hat Yai | Songkhla province | Tak province | Thailand | Phang Nga province | Kanchanaburi province | Samut Songkhram province | Krabi | Nakhon Phanom | Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Chachoengsao province | Ko Chang | Khon Kaen | Chumphon | Ko Samui | Surin province | Chiang Mai | Nakhon Pathom province | Loei province | Nong Khai province | Phuket | Udon Thani | Ayutthaya | Kampaengphet | Ubon Ratchathani | Bangkok | Phitsanulok | Lancang-Mekong River | Nakhon Si Thammarat province | Chiangrai province | Ko Samet | Umphang | Rayong | River Kwai | Mae Sai | Ban Chiang | Savannakhet | Pattaya
Topics: Travel | Art | Ancient History | Festivals | Adventure | 20th Century History | Religion | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | For Kids
Monks are given rice by faithful women  on their early morning walk through Luang Prabang

Sticky Rice

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

After living in Asia for three years I thought I had tried every kind of rice dish imaginable. Laos held proved me wrong.

Destinations: Vientiane | Pakxan | Luang Prabang | Vang Vieng | Savannakhet | Pakxe | Luang Namtha | Laos | Plain of Jars | Lancang-Mekong River
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Traditions | Ecotourism | Economy | Food | Culture | People | Working Abroad | Agriculture | Shopping
Communist leader Kaysone's whiskey bottle and glass

A Communist Leader Hat Trick

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

An athlete who scores three goals in a game is said to have achieved a hat trick. In Laos I visited my third Communist Leader memorial. My hat trick accomplishment was a rather surreal experience.

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Culture | Travel | People | Adventure | Religion | 20th Century History | Traditions | War & Conflict | Architecture
Colonnaded esplanade leading between the two pools. Beginning in 1996, under the sponsorship of Raffles International Limited, the main building was renovated, restored, and refurbished.

The Grande Dame of Phnom Penh

Robert Tompkins - rtompkins [4,382]

A stay at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. An opulent five star hotel with a long history...

Destinations: Phnom Penh | Cambodia
Topics: 20th Century History | Architecture
To Vietnam With Love

James Sullivan Perches High above Ho Chi Minh City

To Vietnam With Love - tovietnamwithlove [610]

On my first night in the Caravelle Hotel, I parted the curtains draping my room’s windows, and eighteen floors up, gazed out over Lam Son Square, the cinematic heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Looking up...

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | Travel | 20th Century History | Architecture
Cambodian's young - Their ticket to a brighter future. Bopha from COSI Orphanage.

A Ticket to Hope - Cambodia

Lee Alvin - oldyonfoldy [801]

A returned visit to the capital city of the "Wild wild east" of South East Asia led me to discover new hope for Cambodia's future through her warm and remarkable young people. Its a city bravely...

Destinations: Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Angkor
Topics: Culture | Food | Economy | People | 20th Century History | Shopping | War & Conflict | Architecture

The Giant and the Pissant: A Fairy Tale

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

Review of Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, Penguin Books, 1997.

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City | Hanoi | Vietnam
Topics: 20th Century History | War & Conflict
A biography of Cambodia's King Sihanouk.

Black Mercedes, Black Pajamas, Black Humor

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

Review of "Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness", a biography of Cambodia's King Sihanouk.

Destinations: Phnom Penh | Cambodia
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History
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