Lao Voices

Lao National Games 2008, which is currently going on in Pakse, hosted by Champassak Province. This is a Kator Match between Vientiane Province and Attapeu Province.
Kator Match Vientiane VS Attapeu

Lao National Games 2008 at a stadium in Pakse, located on LAK 7. This is a Kator Match between the host Champassak Province and Xieng Khouang Province.
Kator Match set 1

Champassak Province is the host for the 8th National Games which runs from December 13 to December 18, 2008. The official opening ceremony took place on the 13th and closing ceremony is scheduled for the 22nd of December.
Here is a look at Kator match with the host Champasak VS the Ministry of Planning

On the second day of my vacation in Vientiane, I went to Sikhay market to have my silver belt clean. It had rain the night before and also early in the morning so there was water everywhere. Sikhay market is not too far from Wattay International Airport and took about 5 minutes on a motorbike [...]

I started the day with khao jie pate, then having pho for lunch, and phun pa for dinner.

Laos VS Thailand in Group B on December 08, 2008 at Sarakul Stadium in Phuket, Thailand.

Laos VS Malaysia in Group B on December 06, 2008 at Sarakul Stadium in Phuket, Thailand.

Here are some photos of a recently built road in Pakse that we took on the way to Lak 8, where Tad Sae in Muang Tong or Muang Thong (however you spell it) is located on. I am not sure of the dates when the road was built but it has something to do with the [...]

It’s feeding time for this little water buffalo. It takes more than an hour at a time to feed a baby buffalo according to the owner.

On October 17, 2008, I made my third and last visit to Houaylao Elementary School to hand over $200 that was requested by the teachers for installing electricity at the school. During my second visit to Houaylao school, the teachers informed me of how little they have in terms of annual budget. They don’t even have the [...]

I’ve spent the last two months in Laos and tried my best to captured as many photos as possible of my Lao food experience. I can’t recall turning down anything and even when I tried, no one would take “No” for an answer and I had to at least take one or two bites of something.
I took [...]

The last set of photos of sala trees at Wat Simoung in Vientiane, Laos.