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The capital of Laos greets visitors with a peculiar contradiction – it's one of Southeast Asia's sleepiest capitals yet simultaneously offers a transportation puzzle that can leave first-timers scratching their heads. When I first arrived in Vientiane after my astronomy...
The morning mist hangs like a silk veil over the Mekong River as I join a small gathering of travelers and locals along the roadside. We kneel quietly, barefoot on woven mats, as the orange-robed monks appear in the distance...
When my physics department colleagues heard I was heading to Laos, their first question was invariably, 'Why Vientiane?' Most travelers use this laid-back capital as merely a jumping-off point for Luang Prabang or the 4000 Islands. But as someone who's...