Laos

Four Thousand Islands Laos’ Four Thousand Islands, or Si Phan Don, region lies just to the north of the Cambodian border in the far south’s Champassak Province. Here the Mekong River widens and shallows dramatically before crashing over the spectacular Khone Phaphaeng Falls. 4,000 is, of course, a guesstimate since islands appear and disappear with the dry and rainy seasons…

Southeast Asian ice cubes Oh my god – they’ve put ice in my drink, I’m going to die a horrible death! Southeast Asian ice cubes are a shortcut to a stomach pump in the nearest hospital! A commonly held myth, but these days, in most of the region, simply false Firstly, it’s well known that drinking very cold drinks when…