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January 19, 2007
Travel. Laos
Travel. Laos: We had a contest to see who could name the most countries with two adjacent vowels. I lost. A friend named Jarrett took the prize. Rats! But the difference between him and the second place candidate came down to one country. That country was Laos. It was a sweat induced battle of geo-agility, so we all decided that we needed to improve our global-geographic-knowledge! Check out our new category for travel. It's only right that it should be about Laos.
As reported in the NY Times: "The unmarked path twists off a dirt road and into the forest, and within a few seconds there is the surreal sight of pale white bodies swathed in colorful sarongs, milling around a wooden house on stilts. Up the stairs, a woman named Noi greets guests, sends them to a ramshackle changing room and then into a windowless cell where three benches are barely visible through the dense steam infused with eucalyptus, citrus, rosemary, lemongrass, basil and mint. She offers weak tea to sweat-drenched survivors, who are encouraged to take a fresh sarong and lie down on one of six beds for a slow but powerful massage in the open air."
Read more on Laos at the New York Times [Here]
Posted by taj at January 19, 2007 03:47 AM