New Mandala analyzes a dam construction project by a Chinese company in Laos and the impact it will have on the locals.
my sister sent me this email with the following caption:This is where your calls are directed when you contact customer service for assistance with your new computer or airline reservations and you get somebody in India that is difficult to understand….
What’s a Wat doing on a blog entry about rotten eggs? I just liked the way it looked, and I haven’t used this photo before. Photos of rotten eggs aren’t so inviting.The wat has a tin roof but still has the tiered parts at the top. If I knew anyth…
Sa bai dee! It’s been a whole week since pre depature training finished in Canberra, and I think I’ve just finished recovering.I arrived in Canberra on Sunday afternoon, having spent most of Sunday morning virtually tearing my hair out from stress (mai…
Crushing the freshly toasted peanuts in the kokeYam salat has to be one of the few true vegetarian dishes in Laos, that is if you don’t throw in any pork, and you can overlook those undeveloped chicken embryos.It’s now the end of the summer and all…
about a month ago, i reported that a 24 oz bottle of fish sauce (of lesser quality) broke and soaked into my carpet. and i can now say that the cleanup is complete (or at least as complete as i am gonna attempt. maybe when i move out the landlord will …
i was debating between posting this link or the one i saw about 50,000 Lao kids dropping out of school. but this one speaks for itself: go birdie.http://www.startribune.com/music/story/1432819.htmlif anybody has heard the cd, let me know if i should go…
Today I stumbled across an article in the LA Times about Thai-Lao food, I guess the two have to go hand in hand, even though I wish sometimes Lao food could be a feature all on it’s own. My mouth was watering the whole time while reading the article and imaginging the flavors in my head. The article states that “more Lao live in Thailand’s Isaan region than in Laos itself” a fact that I wasn’t
BISEAN is today looking at the origin of the names of South East Asian capital cities.
A couple weeks ago my news filter picked up this story about tigers because it was thought the tigers came from Laos. Subsequent stories identify the countries of origin as Burma and India. Who knows.From Thanhien News dot com. “ On September 4 the p…
