I recently returned from work (swerving, as usual, so as not to squash the flee-ridden kittens that creep through the courtyard) and was greeted by my landlord Tee, waving a…
While Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Northeast, I sat in the eye of another storm. In Vientiane the heart-thumping, wall-shaking end to Buddhist Lent raged downtown, flooding the streets around…
The Night Market sets up every night along the Mekong River — a block away from my apartment. Red tents and yellow lanterns dot the skyline, and inside you can…
How cute is that panda? While no real ones live in Laos (devastating, I know), other cool species do, including the Indochinese Tiger, the Saola, and the Irrawadday Dolphin. WWF-Laos’…
Her showstopping DNC speech deserves its own post anywhere — yes, even on a Southeast Asian travel/food blog.
Fellow PiA-er Eleanor Elbert mentioned that in a single year, Vientiane has changed dramatically. PiA had to renegotiate fellow salaries to keep up with rising living costs. Everything, it seems,…
It was dark when I arrived in Vientiane, the Lao capital. Dazed from my 26+ hour trip, I dragged two (embarrassingly heavy) carry-ons through immigration. The office was small, bright,…