Laos PDR


Here are some pictures from the week I spent in Laos. I went on the trip with 2 friends, a married couple, Gerry and Val. 

It took 2 days to drive to the Thai-Laos border. Val is Chinese Laos and grew up a small village named Thukhet and after spending a few days with her family and motorbiking around the mountainous countryside, we hopped a bus and went to the capital city Vientiane.

 I call it a trip but it was really more of an adventure. Laos was a french colony in the mid-century, so there was many french influences assimilated into the Asian culture such as; 

  • the language,
  •  the architecture (notice the Arc de Triumphe resemblance), 
  •  pastry...Yummy. .
The pics, in the Laos spirit of no particular order, include

  •  the Mekong River, 
  • a traditional Laos bowl of noodles as a meal, 
  • a Tuuk Tuuk
  • women planting rice in a rice paddy, 
  • Laos massage lady 
  • temple gate with traffic (where is the rickshas??)
  • monks


The adjective most often applied to Laos is forgotten. Although there are a few grand (but relatively unheard of) attractions, those visitors who are drawn by the laid-back lifestyle and the opportunity to watch the sunsets on the Mekong will simply explain the attraction by revealing that the true meaning of "Lao PDR" is Lao - Please Don't Rush.

I will be in touch.









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