Posts Tagged ‘UXO’

Today is Easter, a day for Christians to focus on promises fulfilled and hope for the future. Here in Laos, we spent the morning focusing on the same concepts but in a different context: International UXO/Mine Awareness Day. In the capital city of the most heavily bombed country on earth, Tony and I joined the [...]

Our three-day bicycle trek ultimately dropped us in Xieng Khuang Province, which is generally known for two things: unexploded ordnance (UXO) and the Plain of Jars. Here’s what the Lonely Planet guidebook says about UXO in Xieng Khuang: Unexploded munitions, mortar shells, white phosphorus canisters (used to mark bomb targets), land mines and cluster bombs [...]