Friday, 18 September 2020

Hemantha Kalam - 79 'Hello Luang Prabang'

This blog now forms part of a book titled "Lesser Trodden Laos" available as e-book and also in print form at https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09FGJDXKZ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Lesser+Trodden+Laos&qid=1630747625&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 

 

Thank you so kindly for your patronage!

Until again, sok dee (Good bye)!

 

Krutagjnatalu (Telugu), Nanri (Tamil), Dhanyavaadagalu (Kannada), Nanni (Malayalam), Dhanyavaad (Hindi), Dhanyosmi (Sanskrit), Thanks (English), Dhonyavaad (Bangla), Dhanyabad (Oriya), Gracias (Spanish), Grazie (Italian), Danke Schon (Deutsche), Merci (French), Obrigado (Portuguese), Shukraan (Arabic), Shukriya (Urdu), Bohoma Sthuthiyi (Sinhalese) Aw-koon (Khmer), Kawp Jai Lhai Lhai (Laotian), Kob Kun Krab (Thai), Dankie (Afrikaans), Asante (Kiswahili), Maraming Salamat sa Lahat (Pinoy-Tagalog-Filipino), Tack (Swedish), Fa'afetai (Samoan), Terima Kasih (Bahasa Indonesian & Malay), Tenkyu (Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea), Malo (Tonga) and Vinaka (Fiji).

 

Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy

Chennai, India

  

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6 comments:

  1. KParthasarathi18 September 2020 at 05:38

    These are the most unlikely places to visit for readers like me who haven't travelled much. Luckily your write up gave us a glimpse of inherent beauty in the topography of the place and the buildings there. The photographs have come out very well embellishing the post.
    Unless one is well versed in cooking, spending months there as you did is very near difficult. Communication in the interior parts would have been toughunless people understand English

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    1. Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy19 September 2020 at 00:36

      Thank you so kindly dear Mr. Parthasarathi.

      Much appreciated for your time and much obliged for your thoughts.

      I am documenting my six month sojourn in Laos PDR in a serialised manner and you may expect a few more in due course of time.

      Best wishes and warm regards
      Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy

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  2. Maya18 September 2020 at 23:24

    All the pics are so good. Your write up reminds me of our Thailand and Cambodia trips. Look forward to more write ups and also specifically on Mekong river. Awesome Hemanth 👍

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    1. Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy19 September 2020 at 00:34

      Thank you Maya!

      I shall be writing a few more episodes on Laos but not sure of how much could that be on Mekong!

      Best wishes and warm regards
      Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy

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  3. Unknown10 October 2020 at 20:51

    Hi Hemanta,

    Thank you for bringing back memories of lovely Luang Prabang. It's a place that I would definitely love to retire in. What will be its fate in the future when it is connected by the Laos-China railway, one can only guess.

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    1. Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy11 October 2020 at 02:55

      Thank you so kindly dear Mr. Percy Aaron, for your time and indulgence.

      Much valued and much obliged.

      Yes, many a time, I too wonder about the loss of tranquility.
      But one reaps what one sows!

      We have to just watch time pass by making many changes through its tide!

      Best wishes and warm regards
      Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy

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