Notes On An Overland Bus Trip from Laos to Cambodia: Or, My 38th Birthday
Asia, Cambodia, Laos, TravelogueWhoever said, “The joy is in the journey,” clearly has not traveled overland through Southeast Asia. My birthday breakfast was […]
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On Finding “Travel Zen,” and other lessons in Buddhism
Asia, Laos, TravelogueTravel is one long lesson in patience, punctuated with epic highs, undergirded by the unavoidable lows. The “ferry” crossing the […]
Riverboats & Ruins: Wat Phao, Champasak, Laos
Asia, Laos, TravelogueWe love a good boat ride. The children were delighted to clamber aboard a riverboat and slip out into the […]
Living Like Kings: Champasak Palace, Paske, Laos
Asia, Laos, TravelogueChampasak Palace was built by Jao Boon Oum, the last king of Laos. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to see it […]
Bill Gates is a Communist Collaborator: Misadventures on the Vietnam-Laos Border
Asia, Laos, Travelogue, VietnamIt’s never good to start a day with the realization that two iPods have been stolen. One from each hotel […]