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CRWRC Laos - Impacting Remote Communities in Xiengkhouang

Video description: CRWRC Laos is an NGO from Canada/USA that has worked in the Xiengkhouang province of Laos for over three years in remote Hmong communities. The project’s goal is to improve the standard of living in these communities through agricultural income generation, health, clean water, irrigation, road [...]

If you don’t have a car or a motorbike, then how do you travel in Laos? For the majority of the people living in the rural area, they take a tractor and turn it into a modern wagon for hauling goods and people. This little thing will travel on a normal road along with big [...]

The sights and sounds of Boat Racing Festival in Pakse 2007. From watching the clips I want to get up and dance. How do you know that I am not dancing at the moment? I do miss Laos and all the festivals a kid in me can enjoy.
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I think it is harder to let go and adapt to changes when you’re older, as young people are more readily to adapt to changes. I know in many situations, and most work places that people never appreciate in what they are doing, but when it’s time to let go of that duty then it’s [...]

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

If anyone has visited Nye Noona’s blog lately, they will definitely notice her beautiful coverage of Elle Fashion Week Thailand. I won’t be surprise to see some of the designers cross over to the US soon. And one of the most popular fashion designer of Thai descent (here in the US) is Thakoon [...]

A few photos of last year’s Boun Suang Huer in Vientiane. What a beautiful day to have a boat race. This is the place that I used to attend the festival when I was a little kid.

I am a boring person because I don’t read entertainment news or women’s magazines on a regular basis. So, this comes as a surprise to me to read about Lucy Liu in one page on youtube. I have never known her age and thought she is like 20 something. Whether you like her or not, [...]

I found this this blog written by three young women a good read. They were able to spend one year traveling around the world. The girls have been featured in many magazines in the U.S. They also hope to write a book about their adventures soon. Maybe it will [...]

As I was adding a short clip of Alexandra Bounxouei at Laomusic.la’s video section, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the young Lao idol. Here was a clip of her at Wattay Airport International, showing to the world of her arrival and being greeted by her family, on August 16, 2007.
Are we (the fans) [...]

I think we all have our own definition as to what it means to be a true Laotian, and this one is from Karmadiva’s blog; if it doesn’t fit your definition please be kind and not too quickly to pass your judgment, rather please leave your comment as to what it means to you, I’m [...]

I think when we’re buying things at Wat (temple), during Boun Wat; our guard are low because we just wouldn’t expect people to sell counterfeit goods.
I’m sharing this experience with you, fell like we’ve been ribbed off, this is not to point my finger at anyone in particular but if I’ve known this, it wouldn’t [...]

It is only human to criticize others, but before we do that, we should look at ourselves. We had a big discussion before of what it means to be Laotian and one poster said that the father of the child has to be Laotian for the father is the one that carries the Lao gene. [...]

Visitors to LP might have noticed that I am running more than one Lao websites. My other sites include: Helplao.org, Laocuisine.net, Laomedia.net, Laomusic.nu, and Saolao.net. Having a few sites mean getting a great deal of emails, both good and bad.
Both good and bad emails, along with comments in the postings are good indicators of what [...]