Carno Pages

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01 November 2002

Book review: Mother's Beloved (1999) by Outhine Bounyavong, *****

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Sinossi Outhine Bounyavong is one of the most prominent contemporary writers in Laos. His stories are animated with Laotian virtues of simpl...
22 October 2002

Book review: Voices of S-21 (1999) by David Chandler, ****

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Synopsys The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of t...
20 October 2002

Recensione libro: Il Sorriso di Pol Pot (2006) by Peter Fröberg Idling, ****

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Sinossi Nell'estate del '78 un Boeing 747 cinese atterra nella Kampuchea Democratica con a bordo una delegazione dell'Associazi...
14 October 2002

Book Review: One Foot in Laos (1999), by Dervla Murphy, ***

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Synopsis Dervla Murphy had planned to trek through the high mountains of Laos, far from the country's few motor roads, but she soon...
01 October 2002

Why travel: country collectors, eternal romantics and modernizers

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I believe that a journey, like a work of art, should ideally be either enjoyable or interesting – and preferably both. But if traveling is n...
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...