Stories about Vientiane
North Loas, still without a hurryChang Noi - changnoi1 [625] After 1 week in the south of Laos we left Don Khong with our big open pickup truck to Pakse to take there the VIP night bus to Vientiane. The roads again were very good and the bus did stop one...
Destinations:
Pakxe |
Vientiane |
Laos |
Luang Prabang |
Plain of Jars
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Kayaking AdventureMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] Kayaking down the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang in Laos...
Destinations:
Vientiane |
Luang Prabang |
Laos |
Lancang-Mekong River
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A Communist Leader Hat TrickMaryLou 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
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Sticky RiceMaryLou 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
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Laos the tranquillityNatnapha Thanatharakit - the_orient [430] As I can see, there is something both travelers and local people here have in common: their lives move at a languid pace..
Destinations:
Vang Vieng |
Vientiane |
Laos |
Luang Prabang
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Laos' Nam Theun II damAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] HANOI, April 2, 2005 - After unceasing financial and political fights, the immense Nam Theun II dam project in Laos is assured of going ahead after a decision by the World Bank to give it support and...
Destinations:
Vientiane |
Laos
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Laos New YearDonald 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
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Thank You for Flying Spook AirKenneth 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
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Moving Lao VillagesAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188] * * * VIENTIANE, April 25, 2004 - Faced with a challenging topography and a dispersed population, Laos has gambled on a controversial poverty reduction programme of relocating villagers from remote,...
Destinations:
Vientiane |
Laos
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Thai town in uproar over charges that fireball phenomenon is fakedAgence-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
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