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  • Loving Laos....Travelling

    Loving Laos….Travelling

    A short review on travelling in Laos… “South East Asia may bring to mind hectic polluted cities and beautiful beaches, but, the oft overlooked country of Laos has quite a different charm to some of its better-known neighbours, Thailand and Vietnam. The landlocked country misses out on some of…

  • Thailand 0 and Liverpool 3

    Thailand 0 and Liverpool 3

    Phillipe Coutinho was the star for Liverpool in a bout against Thailand.  Coutinho had an amazing performance and scoring the first goal of the game. “The attacking midfielder opened the scoring with a brilliant solo goal in the first half and he picked out Spanish forward Iago Aspas for…

  • John McCain and his Cell Mate

    John McCain and his Cell Mate

    McCain talks about his time during the Vietnam War, in particular his cell mate. “Retired Col. George “Bud” Day was the “bravest man I ever knew,” Sen. John McCain said Sunday of the war hero with whom he shared a cell as a prisoner in North Vietnam.  Day, a…

  • Vancouver badminton brawl batters Thailand's image

    Vancouver badminton brawl batters Thailand’s image

    “BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s top badminton official says he’s trying to save the country’s tarnished image after an on-court brawl between former Olympics doubles partners last weekend in Canada. Friday’s comments by Charoen Wattanasin, president of the Badminton Association of Thailand, came a day after the world badminton body…

  • NESN to Air Liverpool-Thailand Exhibition Soccer Game July 28 at 6:45 A.M.

    NESN to Air Liverpool-Thailand Exhibition Soccer Game July 28 at 6:45 A.M.

    Liverpool FC’s preseason has been a success so far. The Reds have built up their fitness, integrated new players into the squad and won the three exhibition games they have played. LFC looks to make it 4-for-4 on Sunday when it faces Thailand’s national team in an exhibition game at Rajamangala…

  • On a Fast Boat to Laos

    On a Fast Boat to Laos

    “Hearts pounding. Engine roaring. Six of us tourists were tucked proactively into crash position with knees in chest and dinged helmets. The fast boat to Laos from Thailand takes between six and eight hours, depending on the water and the tenacity of your Redbull-gulping driver. That’s a long time…

  • Vietnam: The beauty of Sapa

    Vietnam: The beauty of Sapa

    “The rice terraces set amid the swirling clouds around the Vietnamese hill station of Sapa are truly eye watering. The cascading green steps wind down the mountain slopes from the cloud line to the valley floor. Their verdant contours smoothly flow along the Muong Hoa Valley into the distance.…

  • Haze from Indonesian fires returns to Malaysia

    Haze from Indonesian fires returns to Malaysia

    “Haze blanketed parts of Malaysia on Monday, weeks after the region suffered its worst pollution from forest fires in Indonesia in more than a decade. Three areas — two in southern Malacca state and a third in Selangor near the capital Kuala Lumpur — recorded “unhealthy” air quality with…

  • Is Laos tourism doing sufficient efforts to correct its weak image?

    Is Laos tourism doing sufficient efforts to correct its weak image?

    “Simply Beautiful- I love that slogan because this sounds so true. But unfortunately, it now lacks a strong campaign behind to promote Laos differently from other countries”. A rather strong opinion which comes from one of Laos’ most successful local businessmen in tourism, Inthi Deuansavan, Head of Green Discovery…

  • Kunming to Laos by bike

    Kunming to Laos by bike

    “I was out the door by 7am and tried to get some noodles from a startled lady. She had just opened so I had to wait a bit. After the noodles and a bit of chocolate I left for the hills. And the hills, they started right there in…