Daily Archives: 21/02/2025

Read this blog: The one where Matilda has her aerosols inspected Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th February 2025 Thinking it would be easiest to give our hotel as a pick up point for InDrive, we went to the branch of Starbucks which is directly in front of the Holiday Inn for a coffee and a snack before organising transport to the COPE Visitor Centre. However, many of the streets in Vientiane are one way and it took a little time for our InDrive driver to negotiate the traffic and the one way system to be able to pick us up. From there on the journey to COPE was straightforward. The visitor centre is located in the grounds of the Centre for Medical Rehabilitation [CMR]. COPE stands for the Cooperative Orthotic & Prosthetic Enterprise and is the main provider of artificial limbs, walking aids and wheelchairs in Laos. Although many of those in need of a prosthetic are bomb blast victims, COPE also treats the victims of road traffic or other accidents and people with congenital conditions. Outside the building stands a striking sculpture made out of metal retrieved from bombs dropped by American forces. It almost seems as though the figures are running to […]