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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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    Today’s border run

    by Lisa August 25, 2010
    August 25, 2010

    Get up at 6:40. Go with Mike to his office. Go to airport. Plane delayed one hour. Receive phone call from colleague informing us that CNN says there’s a tropical …

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    Surprised by beauty

    by Lisa August 20, 2010
    August 20, 2010

    On Saturday we went on an adventure. Kuang Si waterfall has been on our radar since we arrived. Before this week, however, it was always edged out by other fantastical …

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    Close encounters with the powers that be (take one)

    by Lisa August 16, 2010
    August 16, 2010

    Last night, on our way out to dinner on the motorcycle we’ve borrowed from the missionaries, we got pulled over by the police. We knew immediately what we’d done wrong …

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