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Despite being vaguely on the backpacker route, Laos still isn’t as popular as its neighbours Thailand , Vietnam or even Cambodia, which is both good and bad: good because there are far fewer annoying backpackers and Laos still feels ‘authentic’, bad because in South East Asia ‘authentic’ can often mean not so vegan-friendly. But don’t worry, with this guide to being vegan in Laos, you will have everything you need to explore this beautiful country as a vegan! 1. Laos Vegan Recipes First things first, what are some traditional Laos vegan recipes you can enjoy all over this beautiful country? Yall Dib Yall Dib are beautiful healthy vegan-friendly fresh spring rolls. You’ll find spring rolls all over South East Asia, but each country does them a little bit differently. In Laos, the fresh spring rolls are filled with fresh vegetables and noodles. You’ll find meat and fish ones too so make sure you ask for vegetable yall dib. Khao Piak Sen Khao piak sen is the Laos version of Pho – it’s a b

Imagine this. A high altitude village in the Western Himalayas of India that is made up of a small group of people living in Tibetan styled mud and stone houses and who are surrounded by snow capped mountains and the rolling hills of the mighty Himalayas. Now, imagine their mountainous land being the home to a rich array of fossils of marine animals and plants from millions of years ago. Sounds impossible right? Well, such a village exists at an altitude of 4400 metres above MSL in the high Himalayas of Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh. This village called Langza is a picturesque village that lies at the base of the Chau Chau Kang Nilda peak and that is just made up of a few hundred people. The interesting thing is that Langza and most of Spiti valley was under the ancient Tethys sea many millions of years ago and it was home to many ancient marine flora and fauna. The entire mountain landscape that we see today was all under a huge ocean before the tectonic plates shifted leading to t