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4 Responses to “ Pakse Boat Racing Festival - the battle ”

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   Padek Dec 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 am

   Amazing these boats even stay afloat. Nice vids

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   Darly Dec 3rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm

   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.

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   Global Voices Online » Laos: Boat Racing Festival Dec 4th, 2007 at 12:26 am

   [...] 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 [...]

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   Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » ラオス：ボートレース祭 Dec 10th, 2007 at 10:03 pm

   [...] 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。 [...]

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