A video by Kody704, a Lao youtuber from Savan of his trip to the World Heritage Town of Luang Prabang and Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

To quote a famous Dutch footbal player and coach, Johan Cruijff, “Every disadvantage has its advantages”. This could also become true for Laos. The people of Laos hunger for electricity to increase productivity and general comfort of life. Unfortunately, only 48 percent of Laotians are connected to the electrical grid.  High costs and a lack [...]

Here are just a few of my favorite photos from Leighanne and Waffqle’s engagement session, in black and white.

A recent comment made by one of my good friend, Peu reminded me how after all these years I still have not escaped my image of “the nerd”. She was in the middle of  telling me  about her struggle in a Literature class she was taking at the college when she paused and said, ” Hey, I bet this [...]

As a teacher, I am always paranoid about following rules and regulation when it comes to formal testing like the AIMS test or any type of test that we have to give to our students that is state mandated. Recently, I read an article about a high school in California who was accused of cheating [...]

I don’t think I’ve posted these pictures for SWF before. I took these at the end of May, as we were escorting some guests to view sites where our project has been working. The site which has improved the most is also in a remote location - although 50 kms. from the province capital, the road is difficult even during the dry season. At best it takes 4 - 6 hours to travel that distance, provided

Boun That Luang 2007, after the Morning Alms Giving. It’s a tradition that after Tak Bat, friends and family members all gather to eat khao phoon.

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buffalo offering, originally uploaded by c_p_lew.

I’m not quite sure what this is all about. As I was walking through the temple compound, on the way to the subway, I saw this pen set up in the parking lot of the temple, with

this ain’t a book review. how could it be when i am only ’bout 8 pages into the thing. but for some time, i’ve noticed on the spl website that when i do a book search on “Laos” this guy colin cotterill shows up with 4 or 5 books… fiction, by the way …

Since the rain kept me from finishing my walk after the last stop at Rembrandt’s birth place I decided to visit a small park with a zoo. The animals were so friendly and all came running toward me because they thought I had something to feed them. When they  realized I only wanted to take [...]