Lao Voices

This little play area in Pakse city is located near a busy intersection (on the right side) and opposite of Wat Louang.

When I went to visit Wat Louang in Pakse the second time, I found out they were building a new Champasak Sangha College right behind the current building. If you are every in the area, please visit Wat Louang and see if you can help with the project or just to check out the beautiful [...]

Labels, are they important? Is it important to distinct that an Orca is a marine mammal and not a fish? Both fishes and Orca’s swim in the sea, eat other sea animals and generally move in the same manner; what is the difference? Does that difference matters? To zoologists it matters.
Is a spider an insect? [...]

Lao Heritage Foundation Light Festival, Wishing Dance.

During my visit to Laos in January and February earlier this year, the giant Tang Chareon Home Appliance store in Pakse was doing some final touches. The day I left for Vientiane was the grand opening of the store and so I didn’t have a chance to be there to take photos. It wouldn’t have [...]

News coverage of Wat Lao of Minnesota on American TV channel.

Sala Kham was built a little over a year ago. It has a great view of the river and a favorite spot for the locals to hang out and watch the sunset. The finish line for this year’s Boun Suang Huer or Boat Racing Festival was in front of Sala Kham.
I only went by the [...]

The project supported by the Netherlands’ NGO SNV to promote biogas technology in Laos.

Alexandra Bounxouei was on the Lao American Outreach TV. She spoke about her concert tour in the US. In addition to the state Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, Alexandra revealed that she will also be in the great state of Texas, Houston to be precise. Maybe Dallas Lao will be there at the concert to bring us [...]

SEA Summer Games, Lao Family, Fresno, California.