Written by SeenThat on October 4, 2007
- Travelling in Laos is a tiring experience. Long distances, narrow roads, old vehicles and the most rustic accommodations assure the moment will arrive when a traveller will exclaim: "Enough!"Luckily, Vientiane is never more than a...
Written by SeenThat on September 14, 2007
- Landlocked Laos offers the visitor a colourful and intriguing mosaic of facts, myths, fears and hopes which reflects its unique reality.Until the recent Communist Revolution, it is not possible to talk about a Laotian country,...
Written by SeenThat on September 13, 2007
- Due to my childhood’s negative experiences at a communist community (a kibbutz in Israel which resulted in my conversion to Christianity) I have always been intrigued by other such societies. Not many communist regimes are...
Written by SeenThat on September 12, 2007
- Laotian kindness is legendary; it was obvious almost from first sight, but two specific events I experienced showed it to run deeper than suspected.While visiting Vientiane for the first time, I discovered the excellent Laotian...
Written by SeenThat on July 13, 2007
- A Common PracticeMost people from Western countries would not consider eating insects, and would consider the practice almost a taboo. However, honey is a popular sweetener in those cultures, despite obviously having been execrated by...
Written by SeenThat on October 1, 2005
- Each one of my visits to the central part of Laos or its south, were enlightened by this unique delight. Much earlier, at the end of the 19th century, French settlers planted coffee in the...
Written by alan_nesbit on January 6, 2006
- It took us about 18 hours to travel from Singapore to Laos (flight to Bangkok, overnight train across Thailand to the border, and a bus over the Mekong), and the contrast could hardly have been...
Written by jenny1711 on August 23, 2001
- Vientiane is a quiet relaxed city.
The buildings are very interesting. Some of the homes built during the french colonisation of Laos are really lovely. Large timber homes with intricate fretwork and heavy shuttered windows, much...
Vientiane
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