Category: Laos
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On the Rivers
It was in Cambodia where I first became fascinated with rivers and boats. Granted, our boat traveling down the river to Battambang was, to be kind, a bit rustic, but traveling down the river a lot of things slowly unfolded, things that I may not have noticed, or even seen, thundering through a village in…
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Secrets of the Secret War in Laos
While it has been over for more than fifty years, the secret war in Laos created a legacy that the people of Laos are still living with every today. When we got to Laos it was a quiet place, and a minor, if not non-player, on the world stage. In 2014, the GDP per capita was…