If you thought the Lao Kip exchange rate was high at about 9000 kip to 1 USD it’s nothing compared to Zimbabwe. A BBC radio report claims that five hundred thousand Zimbabwe dollar bills are left lying on the ground because they’re too worthless to even bother picking up. The reporter’s restaurant bill came to [...]

While I was making dinner, I heard children before my house. I found it funny that even without looking out, you can tell children’s voices from adult’s voices, and even more amazing that Lao children have a certain quality of their voices which is different from European kids.

I listened for a while, trying to determine the difference. Kid’s voices can be more shrill, definitely the tones are

Even before Hoa Thi Le left Vietnam, she had heard about California's booming nail business from her brothers and sisters. All six became manicurists after arriving in America.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers around the world…
Thai song by Dan-D2B: ‘Kong Kwan Wan Mae’ (Mother’s day gift)

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www.handspan.com , one of Vietnam's large tour operators. Handspan operates three luxury wooden junks on Ha Long Bay, available for one- to three-night tours from about $160 per person, double occupan…

“The War of Art”, Could Your Life Be More? by Steven Pressfield seems like an interesting book that Darly has mentioned. I believed that all of us are creative in someway but we (Lao people, including myself) don’t use our full potential because there is something that is holding most of us back that is [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The War of Art”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/05/11/the-war-of-art/” });

ผู้จัดการออนไลน์– บริษัทเชฟรอนคอร์ป (Chevron Corporation) ประกาศบริจาคเงินจำนวนถึง 2 ล้านดอลลาร์เพื่อช่วยเหลือเหยื่อไซโคลนนาร์กิสในพม่า ในนั้นบริจาคผ่านสหพันธ์สภากาชาดสากลจำนวน 1 ล้านดอลลาร์ กับอีก 1 ล้านดอลลาร์จะจัดสรรให้ 4 องค์กรใหญ่ คือ องค์กรระหว่างประเทศเพื่อการโยกย้ายถิ่นฐาน หรือ IOM หน่วยเมอร์ซีคอร์ป (Mercy Corps) หน่วยงานช่วยเหลือเด็ก Pact and Save the Children