Laos - (1) How to Eat Tamarind without a mess, (2) Laos general pix, (3) Depictions from the Ramayan in Luang Prabang
Look out for: Excrutiatingly beautiful Lao mosaic, markets, Henri Mouhot's grave (the Frenchman who discovered Angkor in the 19th century)
Keywords: Ramayan, Mekong, Hinduism, Buddhism, white water tubing in Vang Vieng, tamarind, monks