Lazy 5 Ranch

Seems like I’ve been lazy as the name of the post, but I’m actually on vacation this week and have a chance to visit Lazy 5 Ranch again.

It’s a privately owned  exotic animal drive thru park that offers a 3.5 mile safari through the gently sloping pasturelands of Piedmont, North Carolina. There are over 750 animals from six different continents. We can see these animals from the safety of our own car or ride on their horse drawn wagons, luckily we didn’t make a reservation and they were able to arrange some spaces for us on a wagon ride, this is my best view thus far.

One of my favorite animals are the Asian water buffaloes, I didn’t get to see one this close when I visited Laos last year, so this is a real treat for me.

Takkaten Concert Tour 2009 France

I heard from my GI Joe sister that Takkaten is coming to Wat Lao Buddhavong July 4th, 2009 concert. I’d love to see her in person, also that Mike Piromporn is also coming, (but not officially confirmed).  The person that is coming for sure is Jonny Olsen.

Video by Suryap, France, June 28th 2009. Interview by LAOFR-TV, Suryap.

Rice Paddy at the End of June

• Return to Innocence

I was greeted by this little guy again, never did catch his name, you know what they say about small dog, it’s all bark and no bite.

It has been two weeks since I last posted about my Hmong neighbor’s rice paddy, and the rice plants have gotten a lot taller.

The weather has been real nice in the last week or so, but not ideal for rice paddy since they need lots of water.  This paddy sits at the bottom of a hill, and when it rains, it gets the benefit of the rain water.  No rain means that they’ve to put water in the paddy daily.

Laos

Video by jimd, bike trip through Laos

Fête de la musique laotienne 2009

Video by Lao Avenir