"In a bad year, it is not only the plows that break, but the hearts too." -- Pira Sudham, "People of Isan" The recorded history of Laos begins with the reign of the 14th-century Fa Ngum, a former ...

The lake’s desiccated remains reveal cracked earth, dead birds, and a persistent stench. Pikrolimni, the only salt lake in Greece, is a unique biotope featuring rare halophytic vegetation ...

it takes place in the Andean plateau — the Altiplano — an arid, mountainous strip with altitudes nearing 14,000 feet above sea level that runs through western Bolivia. There, on hard, cracked ...