France-Prabang 2008, videos by Champa lao
France-Prabang 2008, videos by Champa lao
Lao National Stadium in Savannakhet will be used for the football matches during the SEA Games in 2009. This is the rehearsal for the 25th SEA Games opening ceremony.
A Lao documentary show about Boun Bang Fai or Lao Rocket Festival. This celebration takes place in the 6th month of the Lao calendar year. Lao Star Channel went to Ban Nakhoun in Vientiane district for the coverage of Boun Bang Fai.
Another video clip by Kody704 of the new shopping mall in Savan. The later part of the clip shows Tat Eehung.
It has only been a week since my last post of US Rice Paddy in Mid July and very surprised to see the rice today. I was fortunate to see the owner outside working in his yard, and he said that the rice came out last week (I swear that I didn’t see them, it [...]
Lao 2008 trip, starting in Savan, to Thakek, and Vientiane. Watch carefully of Sao Noi disco.
Another rerun of Lao Elephants Festival 2008.
Laos is still littered with more than 266 millions of unexploded bombs, known locally as bombies. This is the legacy of the secret war, a covert operation conducted by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Between 1964-1973 the US dropped more bombs on this tiny country, more than the total amount dropped during World War [...]
The land of a million elephants aka Lao was featured on the Travel Channel’s hit program No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. When in Laos, eat like the Lao do and Bourdain was eager and ready to chow down on egg omelet with what else but ant eggs.
I have never eaten this myself but have [...]
Aunt Kian went to the Orangic Farmers Weekend Market on July 5, 2008 and came back with a positive report. She bought many fruits and vegetables and also some rice.
Aunt Kian said you can get more for your money at the organic farmers market than at a typical market in Vientiane. For example, a bunch [...]
Every Saturday, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM Vientiane organic farmers and producers gather to sell their goods at the parking lot of Wat That Luang.
At this weekend market, you can find various fruits, vegetables and Lao food made from organically grown ingredients by the members of Organic Farmers Group in Vientiane Capital. For more [...]
A documentary show about Lao Elephants Festival 2008.
Anthony Bourdian from No Reservation TV made his way to Xieng Khouang province in Laos. He visited a local market and ate Thom Khap Phiak or Lao noodles soup for breakfast. Then it was time to visit the plain of jars.
On July 5, 2008, Aunt Kian went back to Wat Keopa Xayaram to take additional photos of the sala trees. There weren’t much flowers and mostly small fruits on both trees. When she found one big fruit high above the branches, aunt Kian stood on the bench and table to get a better picture for [...]