Southeast Asian Coffee Culture
Coffee has been grown and consumed in Southeast Asia since the late seventeenth century and since then each country in the region has developed a different way of drinking their favourite bean.
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Laos
Trekking the Golden Triangle
Trekking in Northern Thailand is well established on the tourist itinerary and as such is both well organised and over-crowded. Northern Laos offers similar experiences with fewer tourists, although of course numbers are now on the rise as the lure of tranquil landscapes and remote hill tribe cultures works its magic on the traveller circuit.
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Bombed Laos
From 1964 to 1973 the Americans waged an undeclared ‘secret war’ against the communists in Laos as part of their struggle against the Vietnamese.
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Secret War Caves of Laos
The caves were like complete underground cities, which were finished by the 1960’s and housed thousands.
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The Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars, near Phonsavan in Laos is one of Asia’s most unusual archeological and architectural sites.
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