Sam’s performance at Lao Culture Hall in Vientiane with one of L.O.G’s crew.

Christmas and New Years will be here and gone before we know it.  What happened to this year?  It’s like I blinked and December came. 
Anyway, meet Maddox, my almost four year Jack Russell Terriorist.  I love him to no end.  I wish he felt the same about the camera.  I’m not sure if it [...]

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Paintings above the main door:

Decoration above the door, called the ’soom bpra dtoo’ (ซุ้มประตู arched entrance?), has a seated Buddha:

First time the cat has seen one with a Buddha, & one that is not gold-coloured. Most are gold stucco, with elaborate designs of plants & animals. Cute how the ‘rays’ of the flame at the top are drawn with stick-like lines.

What happens to the unfaithful

On the opposite bank of the Nam Ou from Nong Khiaw - Ban Sop Houn:

On the left (above) is a little grocery shop, & beside it is the path that leads to Sunset Guesthouse. Later tonight the cat would find its way back to the guesthouse in the darkness with the help of candles lit by the shop owner =)

Across from the shop is a flight of steps leading up to this little temple:

Possibly the

well. i don’t know whazzup with my padek movie. sorry that nothing’s ever really materialized (yet). its mostly cause the camera i bought is HD, and the editing program i use doesn’t work well with HD. i realize that that’s something i shoulda thou…

a link to the new york times: an announcement that the rest of us new all along.the 53 places to go in 2008

Sa bai dee! It’s our first entire weekend in Vientiane for a very long time Having Rosie here for the last week has been a blast - let me tell you all about it :-)Rosie arrived on Friday morning (her birthday) - since my boss wasn’t around, I treat…

This is a little experiment that I had a week ago. Mussels were on sale and so I thought why not make the best of it by making phun mussels or mussels wrap for dinner. Using Lao herbs like Laos galanga, giner, and dill to bring out the flavours in the wrap and making an [...]

Perhaps the most important festival in the Lao calender. Held in November to coincide with the full moon. There is a huge concentration of visitors during this 4 day long event. You really have to be there to enjoy the experience as words only fail to transmit the atmosphere.
In our LCTV Presentation, we hunt for [...]