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A Gentlemen Never Tells – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. October 14, 2016. October 14, 2016. A Gentlemen Never Tells. Brief photo snap halfway along our ‘short’ 40km ride to Kamu Lodge. Sick mustache is for charity purposes. Hunt for the Gentle-people. Power negligible. Brakes non-existent. A bad mustache, ill-fitting tie and a very practical, but non-classic XR250 went together well I thought. The Lao were riding a mix of beautifully restored 90cc Honda Cubs. The group tours Luang Prabang.

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A day at the beach – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. August 7, 2016. August 9, 2016. A day at the beach. A common question I get asked here is, “Do you eat dog”? In short, between all this noise, humidity, monster storms every few nights and roosters crowing from 4am, sleep has been somewhat intermittent. Still, it has given me plenty of time to wonder, at 2am as the neighbour’s dog is in the 30th minute of barking at its own tail, why no one has eaten it yet? Down shaded paths and across ba...

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The Day of Boat Racing – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. September 23, 2016. The Day of Boat Racing. At the wet season draws to a close villages all across Laos host their annual boat racing festival. Two days are set aside as an official public holiday and there is much cheering, eating and drinking. Occasionally people look at the boats furiously racing past! 2 thoughts on “ The Day of Boat Racing. Chris at Fernglade Farm. September 25, 2016 at 6:24 am. September 26, 2016 at 4:12 pm. Northern ...

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The Water of Life: Pt 1 – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. September 30, 2016. The Water of Life: Pt 1. A spirit totem protects the rice fields from malevolent spirits. Early this morning I was awoken by a knocking sound. It was still dark, and unusually. The difficulties in coping with so much water in so short a time were apparent. Happier days before the flood. After the flood, a barren wasteland. That would take us upriver. The elephants are left to their own devices today. We set off along a ...

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Wet Season Reflections & Party Fish Day! – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. August 17, 2016. August 22, 2016. Wet Season Reflections and Party Fish Day! The changes in the landscape during the beginning of the wet season are quite enchanting. Every day on the way to work we pass either the Nam Khan or the mighty Mekong River and have delighted in seeing the levels increase notably each day. All of the bamboo bridges have been washed away, to be built again at the end of the season. Until next season, anyway. The a...

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Winter Solstice in Laos – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. December 27, 2016. Winter Solstice in Laos. Anyway, the college Rachel and I work at had organised celebrations a week early (the real event takes place over 4 days from the 28th of December, although this varies year to year) and we were invited along to partake in the festivities. One of the teachers suggested Rachel should wear a traditional Hmong costume, I did my part and wore a Lao style shirt. By the end of lunch, things were starti...

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teamventure – Page 2 – Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. August 7, 2016. August 9, 2016. A day at the beach. Continue reading →. July 17, 2016. July 17, 2016. The taste of democracy. Continue reading →. July 3, 2016. A day in Ban Xieng Lom. Continue reading →. June 17, 2016. Are you on Line? Continue reading →. June 4, 2016. June 4, 2016. Continue reading →. April 26, 2016. The Long Way Up. Continue reading →. March 12, 2016. Continue reading →. Newer posts →. Interesting things to read. Weekly ...

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About – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. The trials and tribulations of two Australians volunteering in northern Laos! Interesting things to read. Luang Prabang Provice, Lao PDR. ກ ດຈະກຳພ ດຜ ກ. NAFC Organic and Frog Farm. Northern Agriculture and Forestry College. Northern Agriculture and Forestry College. Lao-Australia Teak Agroforestry Research Project. This links to the archdruid report by John Michael Greer. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. ກ ດຈະກຳພ ດຜ ກ.

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Stranger in a Strange Land – teamventure

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Travel, science, yum-yum balls and volunteering in northern Laos. September 5, 2016. September 5, 2016. Stranger in a Strange Land. Over 700 years ago, King Mangrai ruled the unified Tai city states in northern Lanna, an area of SE Asia that covers the northern provinces of modern Thailand and Laos. An ambitious fellow, King Mangrai successfully. Wait what, Thailand! What happened to Laos? Well, earlier that day Rachel and I boarded a Lao Airlines flight from Luang Prabang to Chiang Mai. The mission:.