Lao Voices

I think when we’re buying things at Wat (temple), during Boun Wat; our guard are low because we just wouldn’t expect people to sell counterfeit goods.
I’m sharing this experience with you, fell like we’ve been ribbed off, this is not to point my finger at anyone in particular but if I’ve known this, it wouldn’t [...]

As an addition to “What is up with the Thai bashing” I will try to make the point that Thai bashing by certain Lao people is not only pointless but also very counterproductive to Laos. The issues of kinship and cultural ties of Laos and Thailand have already been made. I want to emphasize a [...]

It is only human to criticize others, but before we do that, we should look at ourselves. We had a big discussion before of what it means to be Laotian and one poster said that the father of the child has to be Laotian for the father is the one that carries the Lao gene. [...]

Breakfast:
One cup light soy milk
Lunch:
One banana
Two mandarin oranges
Dinner:
Green papaya salad
Brown rice vermicelli
Water spinach
Wing beans
Pork rinds

Video description: Lao Wedding at Ban Sisavath Vientiane.

First part of Lao Wedding in the morning at bride’s house.