周遊列車- 再出發
過去幾十年，老撾都沒有真正的火車，近日當地一條全新的長途鐵路正式開通。菲臘·高拿坐火車由老撾北部前往南部，經過龍坡邦，是以數十座佛教寺廟聞名的地方。他受到其中一座寺廟的邀請，與僧侶們共度一天的時光，其後再往東行，在靠近越南邊境之處，窺見老撾較為黑暗的一面：這是世界上被轟炸得最嚴重的國家。1964 年至 1973 年越南戰爭期間，美國在老撾投放超過二百萬噸炸彈。超過五十年後的今天，當地的男女依然每天在清除土地上殘留的炸彈。
In Laos, a long, brand new railway line has recently been launched in a country that hasn't really seen a train for decades. Philippe Gougler travels by train from north to south, passing through Luang Prabang, famous for its dozens of Buddhist temples. He will be lucky enough to be invited to one of them to spend a day with the monks. Further east, near the Vietnamese border, another, darker facet of the country's history opens up to him. Laos is the country that has been bombed the most in the world. During the Vietnam War, between 1964 and 1973, the United States dropped more than 2 million tonnes of bombs. More than 50 years later, men and women are still clearing land of bombs every day.
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