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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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Around 4 am three times a week, a massive drum that hangs off ropes in the grounds of Luang Prabang's main Wat, or temple, beats out in an irregular pattern over this sleeping Laotian town. It's a sign for the women to wake and cook the religious offerings they will give, down on their knees on mats on the sidewalk, to the Buddhist monks who emerge from the town's several wats. |
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Way to flow: A lazy river trip in Laos |
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Sunday, 04 February 2007 |
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Lucy Gillmore takes a slow boat down one of the world's great rivers, and discovers that life along its banks drifts along at the same gentle pace as the languid water. From The Independent |
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