See the mounds of sticky rice? I think sticky rice (
cow niao in Thai) is one of the best things in the world. Here we are eating by the great Mekong river. Sticky rice was see as a nationalizing force, an unifying aspect of culture, and was banned in Cambodia.
Buddha park....the brain child of a recluse Laotian....
Laos is still a communist state, but is more appropriately known as post-communist. They are "liberalising" their economy, following the lead of Vietnam, ie. opening it up to the international market. Any dissenting voices against the government, however, are still strictly repressed.
See the mounds of sticky rice? I think sticky rice (cow niao in Thai) is one of the best things in the world. Here we are eating by the great Mekong river. Sticky rice was see as a nationalizing force, an unifying aspect of culture, and was banned in Cambodia.
Buddha park....the brain child of a recluse Laotian....
Laos is still a communist state, but is more appropriately known as post-communist. They are "liberalising" their economy, following the lead of Vietnam, ie. opening it up to the international market. Any dissenting voices against the government, however, are still strictly repressed.
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