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20 July 2010 Day 13 – Pakse to Savannakhet The day started with another good breakfast so I knew it was going to be another good day. We decided before moving on to Savannakhet to make a short trip to Don Kho village which is about 15km outside of Pakse. It is a small fishing [...]

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19 July 2010 Day 12 – Pakse to Phakson district We left early this morning to drive to the Bolaven plateau to see the coffee plantations and to visit the Laven ethnic people, who are indigenous to this area. On the way, we stopped to get some more information about Phakson district and about what [...]

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18 July 2010 Day 11 – Pakse We finally had a good night’s sleep and a very nice breakfast, so we were ready for a full day of discovery and adventure. Ket had organized through a friend of hers to meet Mr Seng Keo, an employee of the Ministry of Justice here in Pakse. He [...]

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17 July 2010 Day 10 – Vientiane to Pakse Last night we had some drinks with the Peuan Mit team and some very interesting snacks such as chicken knuckles or tendons, fried eel, beef gum, as well served a spicy beef salad which was delicious and did go very well with the Beer Lao. This [...]

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Two of the students recently reintegrated into public school in Loas talked to their housemother about school, Peuan Mit and what they want to be when they grow up.

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