I can remember riding home from Italy on my Ducati thinking, it would be great to have a tour company. Dreaming as the miles slipped away, I, of course, thought I could do it. Fast forward in time some twelve years. I am now living in Laos, and have been running a tour company for the…
Phou Pha Thi was the home of the Tacan system perched high up on the mountain top, Lima site 85. The Americans thought they would be safe up there from ground attack, but alas, that wasn’t the case. Pretty sad story really. We first tried to get up there about 3 years ago. As…
So far I’ve been lucky enough to meet quite a few interesting people. Some through email, some in person, but this particular story is a special one. I was contacted by my friend in Chiang Mia asking if I could assist a gentleman wanting to make a trip to Laos. “Yes, of course,” I replied…
Marks letter of introduction With the approach of the 50th anniversary of my deployment in October 1968 to Task Force Alpha at Nakhon Phanom (NKP), I searched the Internet for tours of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos in those areas that I monitored as a targeting analyst. I happened upon a tour operator…
Unseen Laos Long Tieng & Anuvong Nestled in the hills of Xaisomboun Province is a place called Long Cheng, (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Tieng, or Long Cheng). During the Laotian Civil War, it doubled as a town and a military airbase for the US Central Intelligence Agency. Its story…….. In 1962, with Long Tieng…
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