“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.”
“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.
“I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you all else melted away”
– Rumi
Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia (at least according to Hassanal Bolkiah, the current sultan). If you scroll to the absolute bottom of this one there’s super cool videos of me snapping my friends and followers how much I was sweating. That’s what you call a treat ❤
“I don’t consider myself a politician or a hero. I’m a messenger. If Cambodia is to survive, she needs many voices.”
-Dith Pran
Cambodia was one of my “first list items”. The first countries I knew I wanted to see when I started planning this trip. Angkor Wat had, like Petra, been on my bucket list for as long as I could remember. I decided to start out in Phnom Penh though, because the plane tickets there were cheaper than to Siem Reap. I’m practical at least half the time…
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