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MandaLao: Ethical elephant encounters in Luang Prabang
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MandaLao: Ethical elephant encounters in Luang Prabang

Elephants are big creatures, but so are humans, and riding on an elephant's back does all sorts of damage. Carrying people around all day can leave an elephant with permanent spinal injuries, and the cloth which is usually wrapped around its body to secure the saddle squashes the elephant's ribs,
Aug 28, 2018 — 4 min read
Vientiane: The sleeping capital
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Vientiane: The sleeping capital

At the end of the long and bone-jarring road south from Luang Prabang [https://www.nothere.co.uk/luang-prabang-buddhism-and-bowling/], we finally found respite. The lumpen limestone hills flattened out, the potholed gravel track gave way to a smooth, mostly sealed tarmac road, and the somniferous calm of Vientiane enveloped us.
Feb 25, 2016 — 2 min read
Luang Prabang: Buddhism and bowling
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Luang Prabang: Buddhism and bowling

The fluorescent green ball bounced and skidded wildly across the lane into the gutter, and I stumbled back through the fug of cigarette smoke to retrieve my pint, shouting to be heard over the blaring Rihanna medley assaulting my ears. “Not quite what I expected from our first night!” It
Feb 20, 2015 — 4 min read
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