“So how much do you think the trip would cost you?” This was the question I was asked a lot before the trip, but I did not have an answer. All I knew was the cost of our one way tickets to Japan and then the AirBnB apartment rent in Tokyo. The rest was a mystery. While I researched details for […]
The most noticeable difference between Laos and USA is that Lao people seem to have a lower standard of living as Laos is a developing country. I observed that most people live in a one room concrete or wooden house and they have outdoor covered areas to spend time in. They don’t really have kitchens but cook outdoors in clay […]
Moving from Thailand to Laos through the Chiang Khong felt as if we didn’t just cross a border but flew into a different world. Gone were the tourist crowds. Gone were the fancy hotels. Thai linear cities with concrete houses were suddenly replaces by settlements with bamboo bungalows, dirt courtyards with small burning fires in front and people crouching around […]