BANGKOK, Thailand – The U.S. State Department urged Americans on Tuesday to postpone travel plans to restive southern Thailand following a weekend attack on a hotel that was popular with foreign…

I received another package from my aunt in Vientiane and she sent me some a few photos of the Lao Traditional Food Festival of 2008 that took place last month on February 22-23. The festival was organized by the Lao Business Women’s…

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BANGKOK, Thailand - The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to postpone travel plans to restive southern Thailand following a weekend attack on a hotel that was popular with foreigners. The w…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Along Sedon river, originally uploaded by c_p_lew. This really is a Mekong River Tributary - this is from the courtyard of a temple about 10 kms. upstream from the confluence of the Xedon and the Mekong.

Just to add to my forever-so-crazy-and-busy life, I had the joy of organizing my sister’s baby shower.  After weeks and weeks of preparation (and two gray hairs to show for it), it was a success!  Not a whole lot can be said about it… it was just so beautiful. 
Oh, I also wanted to [...]