Nike ACG pro kayaker Brad Ludden paddles a fall on the Mekong River deep in the jungle on the Laos & Cambodian borders. 7 years ago he walked away from arguably the toughest (and inaccessible) of rapids in the area. This time he‚s back to tame it.
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leaving is not the same as forgetting…
When does experience end? When does reflection begin? Until a people can reflect on where they’ve come from, they will spend all of time searching for where they are.
This is the Hmong refugee experience, reflected and refracted in the scope of a lyric documentary by Kao Kalia Yang, writer, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Place Where We Were Born”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/05/16/the-place-where-we-were-born/” });

An interruption with normal programming - nothing to do with Laos…

As the wait for foreign aid to trickle in drags on, overseas Burmese are raising funds to support the efforts of their countrymen in Burma who are obtaining relief supplies locally & distributing them directly to areas hit by Cyclone Nargis. As Burmese they are able to access affected areas that remain sealed off to foreign aid

The celebration of Lao New Year 2008 at Wat Santi, Dhamma in France.
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This legal battle of LAOTIAN CULTURE CENTER OF NC -VS- WAT LAO BUDDHARAM made me think of an article that I read in the fist issue, April-May 2007 of Lao Roots Magazine written by Meiling Arounnarath called the Buddhist Monk Who Led, Who Inspired. He was the Ajahn that started the temple, I often wondered [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The Buddhist Monk Who Started Wat Lao Buddharam of Charlotte, North Carolina”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/05/14/the-buddhist-monk-who-started-wat-lao-buddharam-of-charlotte-north-carolina/” });

A wedding at a hotel in Pakse with music, loads of food and what else but Beer Lao.
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jenni sent me this link about bombs going off in jaipur - the pink city, a big tourist draw that’s known for shopping (and scams). we weren’t big fans of jaipur, and that’s where we experienced the infamous gem scam attempt. but as jenni said in her …

Hi! 
Meet Kim and George.  What a power couple these two lovely people are.  If you click on their names, you will be directed to their personal companies.  These two were adorable and it was such a pleasure to have met the both of them. 
My first all black and white entry.  You likey? 

Spitting, sprinkling, pattering, gusting sideways, downpourrains hells, bells and little fishes with thunder boomersIt rains cats and dogsSprinkling. Light rain. Shower. Heavy rain. P#ssing down. Cyclone… someone please hand my an umbrella ?(White Be…