Vientiane

Croissants & Tuk-tuks: Must Be Laos

Croissants & Tuk-tuks:  Must Be Laos

Laos - a relatively small, landlocked country in Asia with some 7.5 million people. For hundreds of years it was a kingdom before coming under French rule. Now its communist leader rules the, mostly Buddhist, population as a socialistic republic although during the past few years things are getting more relaxed. We flew into Vientiane, Laos where the international school that had invited me as a visiting author.