Lao Journal: Part Four

Wildlife Conservation Society Headquarters – Vieng Thong Province, 27 June The aim of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is to make wildlife worth more to the local Lao villagers alive than dead.  Traditionally, Lao people have relied on wild animals for...

Lao Journal: Part Three

Seuang River Committee Meeting The impacts of tourists coming to the Seuang River Valley region are carefully watched. The Seuang River Committee is a group of village leaders and members from all the villages in the Seuang River. They have a village fund where...

Lao Journal: Part One

I’ve decided to type up parts of my reflections from the Griffith Business School Community Internship in Laos in June 2013. Here is part one: Ministry of Tourism – Meeting in Pak Xeng District Office, 25 June 2013 There are approximately 52 villages...