Laughter in Laos Nom Kiaw & Muang Ngoi Laos’ Rural Muang Ngoi – Up in the Hills of LaosJanuary 14, 2002 In northern Laos, there’s a small town called Nom Kiaw. It’s on Route 13, the best road in the country, so it’s easy to get to. We got there via song-thaew (literal translation: “two [...]
Laughter in Laos Vientiane, Laos & Bangkok, Thailand By Luke Melia January 2, 2002 It was the birthday party for Sombath’s friend Tho. I knew that he was the son of a Brigade Leader in the Lao Military, so I suspected his family was fairly well-to-do. We had some trouble finding the place and were [...]
Luke Melia BootsnAll Photojournalist Luke with local kids in a village in the mountains of Laos near Muang Ngoi. Luke’s dad rode freight trains across the U.S. in the late 60s/early 70s. Once, he had a gun pulled on him as he groggily woke from a sound but illegal sleep in a car in a [...]
