It seems like most of the flood danger has passed. Laurie-Anne has some nice pictures on her blog of the water when it was at it’s highest. I went out on Friday and actually got some day-light pictures of the river, but by then most of the Mekong restaurants were back open.
However, I find it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘flood’
flood crisis averted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged flood, laos, mekong, vientiane on Monday, 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
mekong flood emergency response team
Posted in culture, home, livin', tagged central library, dams, dreams, flood, friends, laos, mekong, my house, south east asia, vientiane on Friday, 15 August, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Mekong is flooding! The Mekong is flooding!
Everyday the water has risen a bit higher and now it is dangerously close to flooding the entire city. I live about 200m from the Mekong so, of course, I am concerned. I went to go look at the river last night, and ran into a group of [...]
ending radio silence
Posted in culture, eatin', livin', tagged birthday, bus, flood, laos, library, luang prabang, mekong, news, south east asia, travel, weekend on Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just got back from a 4 days trip to Luang Prabang, and I have lots of news!
Firstly, I went to Luang Prabang to celebrate my 29th birthday. Just thinking about it makes me feel old but I had a lovely time in the former royal capital. I took a bus Saturday morning from Vientiane, [...]
