Lunch with Vandara

Interview with Laos' premier culinary personality

Vandara in her kitchen

Vandara in her kitchen

Vandara Amphayphone is half cultural ambassador, half celebrity chef, and proprietor of 3 guesthouses. Sound like a lot? Not for her, she squeezed us in for lunch between trips to China and Vietnam. And the food was delicious too.more

Shooting film

Returning to the roots of traditional film photography

princess' dying shot

My Canon 10D's final image at the rocket festival. RIP Princess.

When the unthinkable happened and my digital SLR decided to throw in the towel, going back to film photography out of desperation turned into an inspiring and wonderful experience in the end.
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No Thanks Rambo

A journey to the dark side of Cambodia

memorial at Choeun Ek Killing Fields

Views from inside S 21 Tuol Sleng

AK47s, opium, hashish, hookers, handguns, beer, cheese water, connect four, torrential rain, mass graves, cows and rocket launchers, genocide, banana skins, your very own army tank, a guy named Rambo and the motorcycle of death.  more

The Bad and the Ugly

Narco tourism is more a hindrance than a help to the Laotian economy

hippy graphic

Every tourists motivation for travelling is different. But if the reason for your voyage is driven by the urge to smoke drugs all day, offend the locals, and make fun of their culture, you might as well stay in your mothers basement where you belong. more

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