In the air, on the road and up the river
By Tessa Bunney on 25 August 2015Finally after what has seemed like an endless summer I am heading back to Phongsaly province to continue working on my story about the Nam Ou river. The rainy season is a very beautiful time of year in Laos but travelling has its hazards – flight cancellations, landslides, slippery footpaths and roads, potential flooding not to mention the small personal inconvenience of leeches! I am away from 27th August to 3rd September with no internet access but you can probably reach me on my mobile: +856 205864 6100.
A Laoseng ethnic minority woman and her two young children outside their temporary shop in the new village of Ban Sam Sang where her husband works as a construction worker, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Four Laoseng ethnic minority villages will be relocated permanently to this new village before the end of 2015 due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower Project Dam 6.