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    Commercial Break from Cambodia

    by Lisa October 5, 2010
    October 5, 2010

    I was going to polish off the last two installments in the When Helping is Hard series early this week, but then Cambodia happened. We’re here for four days on …

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    Friendly Companions from Siberia

    by Lisa September 20, 2010
    September 20, 2010

    Last week our neighbor’s computer was stolen. His front door is less than ten steps from ours – his house is a mirror image of ours – and when he …

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    The Blessings of the Bai Si

    by Lisa September 17, 2010
    September 17, 2010

    When Mike and I were up in Viengkham recently so that Mike could inspect a water system, Mike and the staff (and, by extension, me), were the guests of honor …

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    Photos from Phoukhoun, and a word about snakes

    by Lisa September 7, 2010
    September 7, 2010

    Things that I didn’t take a photo of from our trip last week, but wish I had: The hot water heater in our bathroom at the guesthouse (that’s right, people, …

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    When Laos is hard

    by Lisa August 31, 2010
    August 31, 2010

    It’s Tuesday morning at 7:20am. I’m sitting in a dark kitchen with the door wide open behind me, because there’s no electricity. There hasn’t been any since 1:15am when it …

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    Stories, sacrifice, and nipple-eating-crows

    by Lisa August 27, 2010
    August 27, 2010

    A couple of weeks ago I went to the Royal Palace Museum here in Luang Prabang – a monument to the monarchy that ruled Laos before the communist revolution in …

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