Last Thursday I realized I would have a 4 day weekend, so I decided to take a trip and see some other parts of Laos besides Vientiane.
On Saturay after I ifnished teaching, I took a bus to the Southern Bus Station, and then got on another bus going to Thakeak, about 6 hours south of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘laos’
Tham Kong Lo / Kong Lor Cave in Khammuan Province, Lao PDR
Posted in livin', tagged khammuan province, kong lor cave, laos, tham kong lo, travel on Friday, 5 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
librarians being silly
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged central library, food, laos on Friday, 29 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to eat Pho today for lunch, and then on the way back the ladies wanted to stop and buy some fruit. When we got back to the office they took the lychees and bananas they had bought and arranged them as so:
Then they asked me “Do you know what it is?”
“I think so…”
“Have [...]
my tweet?
Posted in culture, eatin', work, tagged asian food, central library, e-resources, eifl.net, electronic information for libraries network, embryonic chicken eggs, jstor, laos, national university of laos, twitter, web 2.0 on Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Despite what my CV may say, I’m not really that familiar with Twitter, or many of these other “Web 2.0″ technologies. Considering I live in Laos and we barely even have an internet connection at the University, it’s surprising I even know what it is. My director certainly doesn’t. Yesterday when helping him complete an [...]
sokdee boun bang fie!
Posted in culture, tagged food, insects, lao khao, lao rocket festival, laos, rainy season, rice whiskey, rockets, sunset, vientiane on Monday, 25 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Rocket Festival!
So, this is my basic understanding of the Lao Rocket Festival.
At the end of the dry season (May), Lao people build rockets from PVC pipe and bamboo and laundry detegrent and god-knows-what-else to shoots into the sky in order to, essentially, piss off the skies and make them send down rain.
Here are some [...]
cooking in laos – “fish laap or larb” or traditional “lao salad” recipe with PICTURES!!
Posted in eatin', livin', work, tagged bowling, fermented fish paste, fish laap, food, lao cooking, lao salad, laos, larb, larp, padec, sticky rice on Monday, 25 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the kitchen lately!
Here’s some Lao Recipes:
Coco’s Lao Kitchen
Fish Laap
1 lb finely chopped pieces of boiled fish (I like tilapia) – let it cool before you try to make laap.
1 stalk of lemon grass, finely sliced
1 bunch of green onions, finely sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
Combine in a large [...]
vientiane… home sweet home!
Posted in culture, livin', work, tagged central library, information literacy, LALIC, laos, library, nam ngun dam, vientiane on Monday, 18 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for not having written in so long. Since I came back from Vietnam I have been incredibly busy, not only getting ready to go back home, but also visiting libraries around Vientiane.
When I first arrived back, Dr. Aree and some other experts from Thailand were here giving a UNESCO supported workshop on Information Literacy [...]
memories… on the corner of my mind or something
Posted in livin', tagged benin, chicago, laos, memories, montreal, new zealand, peace corps on Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wow. I was going back through my old “diary” that I kept while I was in Benin and I was reminded of so many things that seem so totally archaic and unbelievable to me know.
For example – since there were no telephone or internet in my village, but i did have electricity and my ibook, [...]
elephants killed near vientiane
Posted in readin', tagged laos, elephants on Tuesday, 31 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if this will be legible, but I scanned this article from the Vientiane Times:
This is kind of distrubing news. I used a copy of this article in my student’s exam, and asked them to write about why it’s important to protect animals in Laos. I got a variety of responses, some of [...]
Strange weather in Lao… signs of global climate change?
Posted in culture, livin', tagged climate change, end of the world, health, laos on Friday, 20 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, it’s March in Lao, which should be the middle of the dry season. But it’s raining right now. And I didn’t bring my umbrella to the library!
Even my Lao colleagues are all puzzled by this strange weather, and everybody is sick. Nearly all the library staff have some kind of cold, and I [...]
happy international women’s day!
Posted in culture, tagged beerlao, celebration, central library, dancing, drinking, international women's day, lao dancing, laos, vientiane, women on Saturday, 14 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
International Women’s Day, March 8th, is a big holiday here in Laos. It’s one of my favorite holidays as well, and I don’t know why it’s barely even mentioned in the USA.
Firstly, all throughout the week women are encouraged to take time off work to see a doctor for a yearly health check-up. This [...]
