call 1-800-directv. i tabut with my back paines, i couldn t sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i m back. aleve pm for a better am. anthony: luang prabang, laos ancient capital is a sleepy city of ornate palaces and temples. this town enthusiastically observes wan ok phansa a big party marking the end of buddhist lent. the whole thing culminates a few
the only way to see this part of the world. the thick, unmoving air. the smell past rice paddies, water buffaloes, what feels like another century. anthony: laos is a kind of place that could easily capture your heart, and not let you go. anthony: it s what you do, right? i mean, if you re thinking of a place to open a bar or a restaurant, you re gonna put it by the river. right? french guy: yeah, yes, yes. anthony: nice breeze, nice view. french guy: and you see lao, lao people, they come here during the afternoon. they have a drink. it s nice. french guy: perfect. anthony: more than a few people came here for vacation, and never went home like ben. anthony: so how long have you been in laos? french guy: in laos, oh, around 15 years. i haven t been back to france for a long time. anthony: when you first came here, what was it like? french guy: heh. know, it was beginning of 00. anthony: what do you mean by t opened? french guy: before it was very difficult t
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you want to go another province, you need to have a special permit to change, and uh, i had a friend. my friend say, noel, let s go to laos. it s more protected and more, more, more natural, more authentic. i say, okay, why not? the first time i arrived in luang prabang, i was feeling, like ah, indiana jones discovering a beautiful city. and the point is, i fell in love and i couldn t go back. anthony: what s your typical day here? like, what if you re not working, you re on a good day, you know, sunday. french guy: on a good day you have a party. you have a party with old friends, ah, that s before the again, there is nothing special to do. it s just a way of life. french guy: yeah. training. anthony: so how has it changed over the years? i mean, you go to saigon or hanoi? ah, money, money, money coming in, foreign ownership of everything.
royal dish? mama vaughn: mmhm. anthony: have these disappeared, these recipes, or are they still here? they still are? mama vaughn: they re still here but you know, cause tony, it some time they do it not the way that sup not supposed to do it. they change ingredient a lot. my grandma teach me how to do this. anthony: now you were born here, yes? in luang prabang? mama vaughn: yes, in luang prabang. yeah, mmhm. anthony: and ah, michel, you michel: i was born in vientiane. mama vaughn: in vientiane. anthony: in ventiane? mama vaughn: yeah. anthony: have you lived here all your life? no, ah mama vaughn: in france. anthony: in france. michel: by the age of 11 i went to france to study. i came back in, in, in 1971. anthony: in difficult times, 1971. very, very difficult. michel: oh yeah, it was still the war. anthony: mama vaughns long time friend michel is a journalist, though what that means in a communist one party state like laos is necessarily