Laos Travel Blog

Traveling to Laos can trigger a genuine cultural shock . Gestures that may seem perfectly ordinary in Europe or elsewhere in the world can here be perceived as disrespectful, inappropriate, or simply confusing. Most of the time, it is neither bad intention nor arrogance, but simply a lack of familiarity with local cultural codes. This comic guide, created by the ORLA Tours team, is Volume 1 of a series dedicated to what not to do in Laos , with a first focus on cultural be