Lao Voices

It seems that Laos is getting a lot of recognition lately, and appears as the next potential hot spots for tourists, another great article in The New York Times: 36 hours in Luang Prabang, Laos. I also posted more photos of A Weekend in Luang Prabang, Laos at my blog. As for those that [...]

Here are some short video clips from the celebration at Wattay on February 21, 2008. The villagers gathered to celebrate the reconstruction of Wattay. I totally forgot about the clips until today while browsing through photos from Laos. I’ll post some pics and vids from the last month’s new year celebration at Wattay later.
Wattay part [...]

My uncle was in Pakse earlier this month and took some photos of Dao Heung Living Community for us. These photos were taken on May 04, 2008.

Nike ACG pro kayaker Brad Ludden paddles a fall on the Mekong River deep in the jungle on the Laos & Cambodian borders. 7 years ago he walked away from arguably the toughest (and inaccessible) of rapids in the area. This time he’s back to tame it.

leaving is not the same as forgetting…
When does experience end? When does reflection begin? Until a people can reflect on where they’ve come from, they will spend all of time searching for where they are.
This is the Hmong refugee experience, reflected and refracted in the scope of a lyric documentary by Kao Kalia Yang, writer, [...]