By Karen J. Coates / Photo by Jerry Redfern
Nov. 9, 2010
Rambling Spoon
Laos is having its 15 minutes this week. As hundreds of foreigners gather in the capital for the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, stories of unexploded bombs are pouring forth. And yet, it’s but a trickle considering the issue’s gravity. If you’ve followed Rambling Spoon for a while, you know this. You know that old American bombs still devastate Laotian farmers and their families. You know that bombs, on average, kill or injure one person almost every day in Laos.
But allow me my soapbox one more time, as I post a few more photos from our most recent trip this year. READ MORE