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This Rough Guide toLaos is one of a new generation of informative andeasy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of yourtrip. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travelcompanion when youre on the road.
From the fills you in on history, religion and belief systems, arts and temple architecture, Laoss ethnic mosaic, literature, myths and the environment.
Detailed area maps feature in the guide chaptersand are also listed in the , accessible from the table of contents. Depending on yourhardware, you can double-tap on the maps to see larger-scale versions, orselect different scales. There are also thumbnails below more detailed maps in these cases, you can opt to zoom left/top or zoom right/bottom orview the full map. The screen-lock function on your device is recommendedwhen viewing enlarged maps. Make sure you have the latest software updates,too.
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About the authors
Edward Aves (@Ed_Aves) has had a soft spot for Laos ever since his first visit tothe country in 1998. An in-house editor at Rough Guides London HQ, hesperiodically let out to get back on the road, and has contributed tonumerous other guidebooks, including the Rough Guides to Sri Lanka andIndia.
Steve Vickers fell in love with Laos on his first-ever trip to Asia and has beenreturning ever since. Based partly in Sweden, he writes and reports formedia outlets around the world, including TheWashington Post, BBC Radio 4 and TheIndependent. Hes also worked on around a dozen RoughGuides titles, including country guides to Thailand and Scotland. Youcan read his blog at stevevickers.co.uk or follow him on Twitter@StevenJVickers.
Acknowledgements
Edward Aves I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the MrFix-It of the north, the incomparable Mr Phong of Jungle Eco-Guide Services inLuang Namtha, without whom new sections of the north chapter of this guide couldnot have been written. Many thanks to James Mundy at Inside Vietnam in Bristoland James Pook et al at Exotissimo in Vientiane for making this happen. In LuangPrabang, thanks to Dan, Brendan and the staff at Ock Pop Tok for a lovely stayat the villa; and to Emily and Kathy at Orient Express and all at La Rsidence. In Nong Khiaw, thanks to Nic, Kenny andKaren at the Mandala Ou, Harps at Delilahs/Tiger Trail and Home of NK Adventures a fortuitousmeeting on the boat to Hat Sa. Thanks too to the numerous travellers I met onthe way, who gave me their thoughts, suggestions and reactions, especiallySimone Georg for a boozy evening in Muang Khoua and her reflections on trekkingaround Phongsali. Back at HQ, thanks to Keith Drew for getting the ball rolling;Lao old hand Emma Gibbs for contacts and brilliant pre-departure advice; and toRuth Reisenberger, Pradeep Thapliyal and Ashutosh Bharti for pulling the bookinto shape.