Daily Archives: October 15, 2024

If You Want To Fly Quantas, You Pay For It

I first saw the Vietjet planes when I was landing into Ho Chih Minh City, on a Vietnam Airlines flight that had begun in Hanoi, gone to Vientiane (where I got onto the flight), and then going on to Phnom … Continue reading

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Laos Is Not A Fourth World Country

More than a decade ago, I wrote a discussion about why Thailand was a third world country according to economic data even if Bangkok was itself a considerably advanced city. All over the world, it is common for people who … Continue reading

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