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All manner of celebrations - the Laos just love to get together with family and friends and have a swelling good time - Buddhist festivities, dragon boat race, New Year Day, Valentine’s Day - yes, they celebrate them all. A sampling of how Lao take their religion seriously.
Anytime is a good time to celebrate! [...]

Famished girl scavenges for left-over food of poor Cambodian tourists in Sihanouville beach.
His brother comes along to scavenge for whatever else is left.  He only wants cans of drinks to exchange for pittance from the recycling middlemen.
But, then decides to join in the left-over feast his sister is enjoying. “How lucky I [...]

Classic post-card perfect scene in a quieter beach along Sihanoukville beach. When will mass tourism spoil this?
Sihanoukville is like an innocent baby - still finding its way in the world, surrounded by its more worldly neighbours like Pattaya and Phuket. Nevertheless, its baby steps will soon become more sure-footed as the lure of gold, [...]

Seafood aplenty on Sihanoukville beach. Grilled mini-lobsters, squids, fish, crabs etc. A haven for seafood lovers and all very cheap too! This place is even better than Thai beaches. Fewer people and cheaper stuff. It’s gonna be my next favourite beach destination after Krabi in Thailand.
Thinking of those mini-lobsters makes me salivate … they are [...]

Yes, this is the world-famous signboard that came out in some Travel shows on satellite tv as well as on numerous travel articles. I tried the happy mango shake as twilight approaches. The scene became surreal… I became a contented fat cat, so relaxed I decided never to work another single day of my life.
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Durians by the beach - Only in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Old ladies peddling durians on the beach. Durians is heaven …. the beach is heaven … and after that durian feast, a happy mango milk shake… what can be better than this?

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The Lao girls are some of the last genuine girls you can find anywhere in the world.  Naive to some extent, these girls are nonetheless smart in their own ways. Pragmatic but romantic at the same time, one blogger commented that they make the most romantic lovers in Asia. Amen to that. Soft-spoken, polite to [...]