One of the funniest stories I heard in Laos was of a friend of a friend’s honeymoon trip to South East Asian.
The trip began with an arrival in Bangkok. A five star hotel was booked for the first night of the honeymoon. When the newlyweds got there they were told there was no record of [...]

Laos will soon be getting trains when the line from Nong Khai in Thailand extends over the border. This will mean direct trains between Vientiane and Bangkok. Maybe in a few years Lao trains will be able to match India’s impressive rail system:
 

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village, originally uploaded by c_p_lew.
Village along the road to Ta-Oi District.

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warning: some of y’all make take issue with my depiction of another throw-up episode, so skip this one if you have to.transportation is an interesting phenomenon in india. but by making that statement i hesitate on 2 points: firstly, i don’t want to be…

Having so little (almost none) limited access to the Internet at work has made our local newspapers seem more appealing than ever, it appears that we’re moving backward, which doesn’t seem right to me. There is an article about food consumption that really surprised me, and made me raise my eyebrow a bit.
What jumps [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Sacrificing Quality For Cheap Eats”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/04/25/sacrificing-quality-for-cheap-eats/” });

(this is part 2 of my previous post about the caste system in india)for 2 rupees i can buy an english language paper here - (the hindustan times, and the india times) so i pick one up when occasion permits to read over the headlines and see the world f…

A short clip about a Hmong family in Laos, recorded by a tourist. The video description said “This house was really nice, and they had a motorbike. Turns out they have relatives in the US that send them money, and in fact, the mother was visiting the US.”
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Hmong Lao Family”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/04/25/hmong-lao-family/” });

I’m really not sure how I ever survived without my iPhone before I got it. Whatever the case, I LOVE my phone! Check out the camera’s quality.

According to an article in The Economist, in 2006 there was a scandal in which millions of dollars in foreign air were gambled on football matches. The transport minister resigned and several officials were arrested.
I’d speculate that they placed losing bets, but imagine if they won? More foreign aid money for everyone.
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The road to Ta-Oi, and onward to Sa-Moi District, is very rough. Although a new road is being constructed, it probably won’t be finished until 2010. In the meantime, it’s a 5 hour trip to go 80 kms. on a good day. If a truck has broken down or the road is muddy, it can take 12 hours.

This is a smooth section of the road:
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