Oh! Yes last time i was there was back in 2005 not this many people i sure missed "Ping Hoy" roasted snails. I didn't wear my swimming suit there like they said when in Rome!
you meant you left Laos during the WAR? or during the Pathetlao took over? I was born during the vietnam war ( China and vietnam War).
you are right, kicking dirt is not easy job, if you never do, you will never know it. for that reason i left laos in 1978. now i m tired and no mo kicking 555555555555 toooooooooooo many moons on my shoulder.
BTW you might know some of friends, when you said you spent a year in DongDok. some teaching in NUOL at that time(1989-99).