Pakse Boat Racing Festival - the battle
It’s time to hit the water, all fun and business folks.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Next year’s event will be bigger and better so start planning your trip to Laos already. 
Live Chat
Last Message 6 hours, 4 minutes ago- Darly : Good morning all. Happy Friday and long weekend for 4th of July.
- Darly : Ginger: Boun Khao Phansa is coming up on the 17th in Laos.
- Ginger : Good Morning Everyone
- Ginger : celebrating in Laos sounds good.
- Ginger : Darly: as for scaring of ghost, I might be all talk. lol.
- Darly : Ginger: Maybe we can celebrate in Laos later for my degree.
- Darly : The night to not camp out is on the night of Boun Horkhao Padapdin. That's when you're most likely to run into ghosts they said. But you're the brave one.
- Darly : Ginger: Ghost story? Don't scare people off now. Then again I've heard really scary stories from my Grand-Mama about ghosts wandering at Pee Pa Sa behind my Grandmother's backyard. So, don't build a house with pee pa sa on the other side of your wall.
- Darly : Good morning all. Tomorrow is 4th of July. Have a good and productive day at work for those of you that are not taking off early.
- Ginger : Darly: Congratulations on your degree, I'm very happy for you.
- Ginger : I heard that there was a real scary ghost story last year, the light went out for a couple of hours. I need to do some investigation.
- Ginger : Darly: I betcha if Crash would have come, you’d book your next flight. I got my tent, and camping gear.
- Darly : Lots of pics from Boun Pha Vet.
- Darly : Or else it might be fun to camp out at pee pa sar for a night.
- Darly : Ginger: Yeah, I was thinking "Nye lazy? Can't be". Enjoy your trip to the festival at Wat Lao Buddavong. Too bad I am a poor grad-student and can't afford the tickets to your neighborhood.
- Darly : Good morning all. Happy Friday and long weekend for 4th of July.
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Amazing these boats even stay afloat. Nice vids
Amazing indeed. We took two of these, a smaller version of course to cross over to Thailand. It was leaking and we were scooping out water with our hands so we wouldn’t sink. It is easily turn over. Many people have died when the person that was hired to bring them over to Thailand would just tip over the boat and let them drown so he can steal their belongings.
Oh, many secrets that the mighty Mekong River kept and we will never know about. Sorry to ruin your parade with my comment.
[...] marks the end of Buddhist lent in Laos and neighboring countries. Darly at Lao Voices site has posted videos of the recently concluded Boat Racing Festival at Pakse. Pakse is a city on the Mekong river in Southern Laos and a regional commercial hub. Here [...]
[...] ラオスやその近隣諸国では、ボートレース祭が入安居（いりあんご）の終わりを告げる。Lao VoicesのDarlyは、先日終了したPaskeのボートレース祭のビデオを掲載している。Paskeは、ラオス南部にあるメコン川の川縁にある都市で、地域の商業中枢地だ。 [...]