Tag: Laos

Our go-to restaurant in Luang Prabang was the Phonheuang Café because it was three blocks from our Sokdee guesthouse and the food was tasty and very inexpensive.  One evening I was sitting at the counter when I met Françoise, a Belgian mother of four, who had placed a large take-out order.  We talked for about… Read More

During my time as a volunteer at Big Brother Mouse, I met a Laotian woman in her late twenties who shared her story.  She grew up in a rural area and when she was 18, her parents chose a husband for her.  In her community, 18 was old to get married.  She did not know… Read More

At Big Brother Mouse one morning I chatted in English with 22 year old Lao and 21 year old Kao, who were university students and roommates.  Their native village was 180 miles from Luang Prabang.  Lao majored in tourism at school and worked part-time as a hotel receptionist.  Lao’s parents wanted him to be an… Read More

Mark and I have walked up and down the charming streets of Luang Prabang’s old city numerous times. On one of our walks, we chanced upon Big Brother Mouse, a nonprofit founded by an American man named Sasha in 2003 in collaboration with a couple young Laotian men. Their mission was to publish books in… Read More