Phonsoavan: So I am somewhere in the middle of nowhere:) northeast Laos, one part of Laos that got very heaviliy bombed during Vietnam war (or American war how the called it here).The US dropped here millons of bombs, to destroy the Ho Chi Min Trail, …

hello everyone, i am saddened that vientiane times has not had a new post for almost a month. i read on a site somewhere that they’re possibly taking their annual trip to Laos. but this seems doubtful… wouldn’t they have someone take over while the…

The World Health Organisation statistics for Lao PDR for 2005 say the average life expectancy at birth for male/females is 59/61 years old. This is a stark differencce of 20 years when compared to Australia’s 79/84 years old but it wasn’t so long ago that Australians faced a similar life span. Australia’s life expectancy at [...]

One of my all time favorite speech ever made by anybody is the I have a dream speech by Martin Luther King.  The words are profound because it motivated an entire nation to stand up for their rights and the rights of those not fortunate enough to receive equality as Americans. His speech is influential [...]

I think I’m ready for spring weather. Last weekend was cold and wet. This weekend, cold and wet.
I’ve had two uneventful and unproductive weekends in a row.  Like the books that lay on my end table, I’ve had to quarantine photo shoots.   And you want to know what? Boredom leads to random picture taking [...]

Please never let me go to a “traditional village”again, arghhh what a tourist trap, no village at all but just people selling stuff to stupid tourist that walk around with stupid cameras and watch people making paper or whiskey or whatever the hell th…

Bowling in Lao, that was really a bizarre evening yesterday..First I did a lot of sightseeing an walking in the heat, but the town is really pretty nice, lots of tempels and nice streets with some french architecture so can recommend Lunag Prabang to …

A quick thanks and a shout out to Lao Roots Magazine, who just printed a very nice interview about me by April Phomtavong in their new issue.It really highlights some of the issues I’ve faced as a writer and artist over the years, and this issue profil…

A fun shout out this week to my fellow Lao American writer Catzie V. of Yellow Rage out in PA who does a fun regular column for two.one.five magazine interviewing different folks, including an upcoming interview with Ed Lin.Catzie and I met a few years…

I am in Laos JUHUUU!Was quite a long journey tough.. 2 days on a boat with ca 100 tourist an very very uncomfortable benches (actually just 2 wodden things not a real bench) first day I was sitting on 2 plastic chairs that was great, second day the bo…