Laos is home to a number of festivals, but the Fireboat Festival in Luang Prabang is one of the most unique and memorable. It’s a riot of color and noise, and the atmosphere is electric. The entire town is lit with colorful lanterns and candles. Temples, homes, and businesses hang...
A annual test of endurance, teamwork, and speed Monsoon rains have flooded the rivers during the three-month season of Buddhist Lent, causing mythological water serpents known as Nagas to swim into the irrigated rice paddies. In order to entice the playful guardian Nagas back into the rivers...
Take a slow boat to Luang Prabang I f you are entering Laos through northern Thailand don’t rush to get to your destination. Arriving at the fabled Golden Triangle, channel the spirit of the early explorers and discover Laos by its mighty waterway, the Mekong. Famed as one of the world’s...
A guide to souvenirs from Luang Prabang Looking for souvenirs? Short on ideas of what to take back for your aunt or the neighbor feeding your cat? The mementos you bring home from Laos are great reminders of your wonderful trip. Laos, like many Asian countries, has a very rich handicraft...
Mark your calendars for 8–11 December The pandemic may have seemed a perfect time for movies, with hours upon hours spent inside with just a TV for company, but it wasn’t quite so easy for our film festivals. Without a physical presence, without an outside, events were forced to move into the...
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