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12 September 2002

Book Review: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh (2000), by Amit Gilboa, ****

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Synopsis Phnom Penh in the 1990s is a city of beauty and degradation, tranquillity and violence, and tradition and transformation; a city...
03 September 2002

Book Review: Meet the Akhas (1996) by Jim Goodman, ****

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A comprehensive introduction to the Akha hill tribals of Northern Thailand and their way of life includes a language section to enable you t...
02 September 2002

Bibliography: Books on Cambodia and Laos

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ON BOTH COUNTRIES Morello, Massimo: " Mekong Story. Lungo il cuore d'Acqua del Sud-Est asiatico ", (Milano, Touring Club Itali...
31 August 2002

Book Review: "First they killed my father", by Loung Ung, *****

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Synopsis An unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions from a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime. ...
30 August 2002

23. - 30 AUG: Bangkok, end of the trip.

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I have a couple of days in Bangkok before heading out of Indochina. The name means the “city of angels” and it is twinned, guess what, with ...
29 August 2002

22. - 29 AUG: Exit Indochina

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Monks alms procession On my last day in Luang Prabang one of my goals was to be at sunrise on top of the Phousi mountain to take a few goo...
28 August 2002

21. - 28 AUG: Luang namtha – Luang Prabang

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Today long transfer to Luang Prabang. Along the way a reminder of Europe: at a village that seems in pretty good shape we see a big sign w...
27 August 2002

20. - 27 AUG: Muang Sing - Luang Namtha

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Another town which was much destroyed by US bombing and has now found a new lease on life from tourism and trade with China – lots of advert...
26 August 2002

19. - 26 AUG: Muang Sing market, trek in the jungle

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Muang Sing market Six o’clock in the morning and the market is already in full swing. Ladies from around the province are deployed to thei...
25 August 2002

18. - 25 AUG: Udom Xai to Muang Sing

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At dawn I get up and head to town. A pale almost-full moon is still high in the sky. The predictable trickle of monks drips down the one hun...
24 August 2002

17. - 24 AUG: Muang Khua to Udom Xai

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Departure after the usual banana pancakes for breakfasts, I am getting a bit tired of them but heck... It is not without some apprehension t...
23 August 2002

16. - 23 AUG: From Nong Kiaw to Muang Khua by slow boat

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At the crack of dawn a madly crowing rooster woke everyone up. He must have been worried that if we had overslept we would have missed the b...
22 August 2002

15. - 22 AUG: Luang Prabang - Nong Kiaw (Muang Ngoy): against the current on a slow boat on the Nam Ou river

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On a slow motor pirogue up the Mekong Again up at dawn, at 7:00am we were at the Luang Prabang ferry harbor on the Mekong, just a five min...
21 August 2002

14. - 21 AUG: Luang Prabang by bike, traditional dances, local music

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Full day around town by bike. It is a pleasant and easy town to savor at leisure. Some traditional Lao houses on stilts still stand in the h...
20 August 2002

13. - 20 AUG: Luang Prabang

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All day around town, each on his own. I start wondering around and love to get lost... Breakfast at the same Scandinavian bakery I had seen ...