Lao Voices

When I read Lao New Year at Wat Thong Phong part 1 about Darly’s “aunt Kian went to eight or nine temples,” and another post of Lao New Year at Wat Simoung, made me think of a Thai article in Kwanruen Thai Magazine about “Buddhist Nine Temples Tour in Laos (Wai Pra 9 Wat,)” [...]

Video by Rafael, Tribes of the North of Laos. Tribus del norte de Laos.

Video by Daniel Braha, description: We take a trek through Laos to visit some hill tribes. Watch a kid eating a delicious chicken head and see how much fun paper airplanes can be!

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 [...]

Scrapbook from Laos 2008 of The Today Show from Laos

Mekong sunset
In between duties for his Where in the World segments, Peter Alexander found some time to see the sights and observe the locals.
Here, the sun sets over the Mekong River in Vientiane. The 2,703 mile-long river is the 12th-longest river in the world.
But unlike [...]

The last two clips from the Today Show with Matt Lauer, featuring Lao or Laos, the land of a Million Elephants. The last video is about “How to get to Laos” from the travel expert, Peter Greenberg. For those of you that don’t want to just go on a trip, then try taking volunteer vacation [...]