Did you know you can barbecue bananas? Just put them right on the grill and cook them like sausages? Well you can. We just spent two days in a tiny Lao village called Nong Khiaw, and got a taste of the Lao lifestyle, which includes barbecuing almost everything on little fires outside the homes. We stayed in a guesthouse on a dirt road right amidst houses and a local school, where children were out playing at all hours of the day and all wanted to say hi, or in La...

We are just ending off our four days in Luang Prabang, Laos. This country is beautiful! The city is set on a peninsula between two rivers, and is surrounded by mountains. One of the rivers is the Mekong River which also runs through Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The city is just adorable, with almost all buildings having red roofs, and no buildings more than two stories high. The area is a mix of local houses and guesthouses, and is easily explored on bikes. W...