Vientiane 20th Century History Stories: ThingsAsian

Stories about 20th Century History in Vientiane


Kayaking Adventure MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] 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
A Communist Leader Hat Trick MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] 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
Sticky Rice MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] 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
Thank You for Flying Spook Air Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Review of Air America, a book not by any means to be confused with the film by the same name. By the author of The Ravens. Destinations: Vientiane \| Laos Topics: Literature \| 20th Century History
An Inheritance Delayed Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] The American leadership during the Vietnam War was full of pithy expressions to describe the subordinate role played by Vietnam's immediate neighbors. The gratuitous ruination of Cambodia was a mere... Destinations: Vientiane \| Laos Topics: 20th Century History
The Last of the Free Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] During the Vietnam War, the Hmong of Laos had the dubious distinction of being at the very bottom of that conflict's pecking order. They constitute a particularly revealing example of an ethnic group... Destinations: Vientiane \| Laos Topics: Literature \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict
Le Mal Jaune Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Although the term Indochina is an arbitrary one, employed by the French to encompass their possessions of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, there are several things that these very different and often... Destinations: Phnom Penh \| Vientiane \| Hanoi \| Cambodia \| Indochina \| Laos \| Vietnam \| Mekong River Topics: 20th Century History \| War & Conflict
Portrait of an Anti-hero Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Review of Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato , Broadway Books, 1999. Destinations: India \| Ho Chi Minh City \| Burma \| Vientiane \| Laos \| Vietnam \| Yangon \| New Delhi Topics: Literature \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict
Getting Down in Laos, The Invented State Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] The Lao National Museum (LNM), located in the capital Vientiane, contains only a few exhibits dedicated to Laos before French colonization. These exhibits are generally dusty, shoddily made and... Destinations: Vientiane \| Laos Topics: Culture \| People \| 20th Century History \| Art \| War & Conflict \| Ancient History

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

Kayaking Adventure

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

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

Communist leader Kaysone's whiskey bottle and glass

A Communist Leader Hat Trick

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

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

Monks are given rice by faithful women on their early morning walk through Luang Prabang

Sticky Rice

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

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