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VIENTIANE: Laos, a place that feels stuck in time, is at the precipice of change.
Backpackers found the country decades ago, drawn by staggeringly beautiful limestone mountains, elaborate Buddhist temples and an unhurried and inexpensive pace of life. Only the most intrepid travellers followed, as Laos, South-East Asia’s only landlocked country, operated few – and no long-haul – flights, and potholed and shoddy roads were the norm.
Those who made it traded no-frills accommodations and hours-long bumpy drives for adventure, and almost always tacked Laos onto multi-country itineraries that included neighbouring Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, all…
