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Duizend bommen en granaten
... door een uitgebreide veiligheidsscreening moesten. Dus werden alle ongebruikte clusterbommen gedumpt op Laos.
Wij hadden niet verwacht dat na 40 jaar de gevolgen van de oorlog nog zo zichtbaar zouden zijn. Waar in Nederland Rotterdam na de bombardementen niet echt oude gebouwen meer kent en er in Nederland nog af en toe een oude bom wordt gevonden, leven de Lao nog elke dag in angst. Dagelijks worden er nog bommen gevonden die niet zijn afgegaan. Omdat ze klein zijn en eruit zien ...
The hills, the hills...the rain, the rain!!
... with about an inch of leg room. 10.30 came and went, and still more and more passengers boarded our boat. At 12.00, with approximately 100 people on board (probably about 50 percent over capacity) - most of whom were gap year students clutching bottles of Laotian whisky, we finally set off on the two-day journey up the Mekong (after getting our assigned seats back from the theiving Spaniards aided by the captain's orders).
My romantic visions of drifting serenely ...
...see the Plain of Jars and more.
... with human remains. Yet, in some cases, human remains have been found under the jars. It has been suggested that a nearby cave (at site 1 of the plain of Jars) was used as a crematorium before the remains were transported to the jars.
Loas mythology tells the tale of a giant who used the jars to make Loa Loa, a rice wine commonly produced and consumed in Laos. Another story suggests ...
2 Nights at the "Bates Hotel" Phonsavan
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It has to be said that the majority of the US public were unaware of the actions taken by their government during that time and it was public outrage that brought the bombing to an end. 30 years on, I’m sure that the Laos people would appreciate a little more people power to convince the current administration to support the cleanup.
Next stop, off the soapbox for some tubing in Vang ...
Phonsavanh
... scars of the war as brownish bomb craters blemished the green fields of rolling hills. You could google more about the devastation of the war if you're interested. I feel that the Americans owe the Laotians A LOT. :(
Our full day at phonsavanh started with a trekking adventure to a waterfall. The young master of our guesthouse guided us and he was a lot of fun. He's 20, around our age, very lively, and helpful. I thought that he was a 100 times better ...
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