I survived most of my trip through Bangkok, Laos and Vietnam on street food, and although many other travellers – […]
Category: Laos
fish head noodles and songbirds on a stick
The other day in our food court at Singapore Airlines, I bought lunch at a stall called Fish Head Noodles. […]
the tourism opportunity
The tourism opportunity represented by the rapid changes taking place in Laos is not lost on the people there. My […]
final random observations on laos
ON the beaten path… There were many many tourists in Vientiane. My first impression was that there were more tourists […]
dharma walking
Yesterday, I met a young novice (monk-in-training) while taking pictures by the river. Phong Sawaph is his name, and the […]
southeast asia update
I stopped into my favourite Internet cafe to check email, and I was hugely relieved to see Crystal and Jimmy […]
sunset on the mekong
I have to revise my earlier prediction about updating this blog. As it turns out, not only are there Internet […]
onward into laos
Bangkok was fun but hardly relaxing. It’s a shopping and partying destination mostly, and I’d like this trip to be […]
see y’all next year
Well, I’m off to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam until 9 January. I had been planning to buy a motorcycle in […]