We are in Laos — where internet connections are slow again and keyboards are sticky from humidity and spilled BeerLao, all of which means I will update later with pictures etc. For now, some newsflashes and observations gathered from local press and conversations with Americans.
A: We’re headed next to Thailand, where something sounding like [...]
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A street leading away from the Central Market.
IN Cambodia, one of the world’s poorer developing countries, restaurants place boxes of tissues on their tables, in contrast to far, far wealthier Singapore, where one has to be carry your own napkins.
We ate today at a place called Frizz, owned by a Dutchman who moved here to open [...]
