Lao Voices

A short video of the Morning Alms Giving on the last day of Boun That Luang or That Luang festival.

I’ve seen many sticky rice farms in Laos but have never seen a salt farm before until now, in pictures only. These photos are of a salt farm in Vientiane. It looks like a back breaking work to run a salt farm. The next time I am in Laos I will make a visit to [...]

The grand stupa of Laos, Pha That Luang in the capital city, Vientiane.

Christmas trees from the south should have a southern theme, unlike most themes, which begin with decorations, in the South we are all about the food. The theme on my Christmas tree this year is called the 80s country Christmas theme, as the decorations are made out of dried apples, dried pears, dried okras, dried [...]

Beautiful photos of Luang Nam Tha province in northern Laos. I hope to be able to spend a few days at the Boat Landing Guest House and Restaurant someday. If you have never been that far up north in Laos, make it a priority before the area is too crowded with tourists, like it is [...]

I am a fan of great architecture and I’m very fond of temples and church buildings. When I go on vacation I would try to visit churches or temples so I can study the details of the constructions and take pictures. During my stay in Laos I tried whenever possible to visit temples in the [...]

A very nice set of photo slideshow of Pakse City. I just love the two kids taking a bath in the Mekong River. You can see the Lao-Nippon Bridge or Pakse Bridge in the background.

I can truly say that I’m happy to see that BBM books have made their way to the National Library of Laos, as for me making the post about them was only to inform our readers as to who they are, but I think some of my readers, one in particular is so clouded with [...]

Earlier this year, four schools received a book box, full of interesting reading materials for elementary school level. In each of the book boxes for the following schools, books from Big Brother Mouse were also included (7 books per book box).
- Phonsikay Elementary, Pakse, Champassak;
- Dannavieng Elementary, Phone Thong, Champassak;
- Nongdong Elementary, Phone Thong, Champassak;
- [...]