Indonesia :: Bali

I’d have to say Bali is my favourite place I’ve ever visited.
– Christopher Meloni

I don’t agree with Christopher. I thought I would, that’s why I booked two weeks there to just “relax in paradise”, see the rice fields and temple some more while I shopped for souvenirs… I was done with all that after a week.

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Laos :: Luang Prabang

When the buffaloes fight it is the grass that suffers..”
– Laotian Proverb

Luang Prabang literally means “Royal Buddha Image”. It consists of 58 villages and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was listed in 1995 for “unique and remarkably well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage, a blend of the rural and urban developments over several centuries, including the French colonial influences during the 19th and 20th centuries.”

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Laos :: Kuang Si Falls

You know, you teach. You do not know, you learn..”
– Laotian Proverb

Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the history of the world. From 1964 to 1973, the United States dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail and try to stanch a Communist insurgency—more than was dropped on all of Germany and Japan during World War II.

None of this was foremost in my mind while I was dipping around the pools at Kuang Si Falls.

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