Nong Khai
traveller's checks
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HANDS ACROSS THE RIVER
24 Oct 1993

LOOK out Laos, the ugly American tourist is back. And this time, American money may prove more effective than its bombs.


At the height of the Vietnam War, US planes flew non-stop over...
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Letting life flow by beside the Mekong
21 Aug 1993

CAUCASIANS swapped travel anecdotes over beer and army personnel laughed with coy attendants, their cheeks reddened by Mekong whisky. We were on the overnight train from Bangkok to Nong Khai, in...
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Naps come first
14 Jan 1993

BANGKOK: The Laotian fondness for midday naps has impeded the establishment of the first 24-hour crossing on the Thai-Laotian border.
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