During the three-month period of Buddhist Lent, monsoon rains have swollen the rivers, allowing mythical water serpents, known as Nagas, to swim into the irrigated paddies. As the Lao wait for their rice to grow, they organize longboat races between neighboring villages in an attempt to lure...
A Lao clay artist makes his mark as he molds his future. Saturday evening at i:cat, a small gallery in central Vientiane. Visitors siphon into an upstairs screening room. Projected inside, a herd of colored buffalo, cheerfully rendered in clay animation, circle around a barren white plane. At...
Annabelle Cafe brings a certain je ne sais quoi to Vientiane’s dining scene. When Vientiane’s second branch of Annabelle, a French bakery and patisserie, opened earlier this year, the restaurant’s management planned to limit the first week’s customers to family and friends, choosing not to...
Luang Prabang’s newest address for the ultimate in luxury. Swaddled in lush plants and flowers and straddling a burbling brook, Rosewood Luang Prabang is a romantic sanctuary for those seeking escape and seclusion after walking the city’s UNESCO-protected villas and temples. Climbing up a...
A labor of love brings positive results for Laos and its animals. In off-the-beaten-track parkland, 60 km north of Vientiane, a young British couple are giving a new lease on life to the nation’s zoo. It’s no ordinary revitalization of ancient pens for wild animals, but a multi-year project...
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