Laovoices has images from fast developing river town Pakse in Laos.

I am typing with one hand today. On my way to my Lao lesson on Tuesday I had a stack on my one day old bicycle. Chris bought me a $150 bike on Monday – it’s the first time I’ve ridden a bike in years. So instead of Chris driving me to work in th…

so if you thought you were in the city with the most percentage of Lao people, you might be wrong. cause you didn’t think consider there are some towns out there (like venus, texas) with only 910 residents to begin with. so look at this website to pl…

here is another: people seem to love their costumes. but this one takes even an uglier curve. you would think that a goverment official who works in immigration would’ve known better. i mean, white college students (in texas) are expected to be stup…

Lao Voices introduces interesting snacks from Lao Markets.

A few people have commented to me about my lack of posts on this blog so far. I can assure you that it an indication of my laziness rather than any unhappiness. Susan has done such a great job at writing about what we’ve been doing, I haven’t had much …

i went to vote today and one of the election workers was laughing and talking to himself as he read the voter’s pamphlet. he said, “this guy says ’screw seattle!’ i gotta vote for him!” so i pulled out my own copy of the voter’s pamphlet and found th…

A great opportunity for everyone in the US to go and see Alexandra Bounxouei. Alexandra is touring the US and will be performing in West bloomington, MN, with special guest star Gumby aka Pryce on Saturday November 24th.

Note: the cat is NOT a real estate agent selling this place =P

At the back of the guesthouse section - containers carved from big fat bamboo stems?

Beneath a neighbour’s house - space for parking motorbikes, sheltering livestock, weaving loom & what looks like conical fish traps?

Front verandah next to entrance:

Guests lounge here in the daytime while the boys who work in the

Sunset Guesthouse is in Ban Sop Houn, the village across the bridge over the Nam Ou river from Nong Khiaw proper (aka. Muang Ngoi, not to be confused with Muang Ngoi Neua, an hour away upriver). The cat had contacted the owner (who can speak Lao, Thai, French & English) a month beforehand by email to sunsetgh2 at hotmail dot com:

Dear [cat name],
We are very happy to see your plan (you can find