It’s the end of Buddhist Lent! That means a huge party in the streets of Vientiane.
In preparation for the Boat Racing Festival, the street along the Mekong has been filled with stalls and a carnival for weeks. The music has been blaring non-stop, the traffic is unmanageable, and there are people everywhere.
On Tuesday night, all [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mekong’
boat racing festival
Posted in culture, tagged boat racing festival, buddhism, mekong, vientiane on Friday, 17 October, 2008 | Comments Off
mekong picture
Posted in livin', tagged laos, mekong, sunset, vientiane on Monday, 15 September, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I made this animated gif from some pictures I took of the Mekong a few months ago:
flood crisis averted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged flood, laos, mekong, vientiane on Monday, 18 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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, [...]
