Tag: laofoodculture
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Pakse, Laos
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The first light of dawn spread like gilded silk over the Mekong River, its currents whispering secrets to the riverbanks of Pakse. In the heart of Champasak Province, the city of Pakse lay cradled between the horizons of two great rivers—the Mekong and the Xe Don—where the two waters met…
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Savannakhet, Laos
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Savannakhet stirred before dawn, the city on the Mekong’s western bank exhaling mist across narrow streets lined with crumbling French‐colonial villas and teakwood stilt houses. In the cool gray hush, fishermen pushed sampans from the shore of the Mae Khong, their nets trailing like prayer flags in the half‑light. The…