Laos rejoiced

[zoossh]

#57

between muangsing to luang nam tha, the driver collects his fare after he stopped for a break somewhere midway

 

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#58

baby on the lorry.

 

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#59

spider at the temple. saint andrew's cross spider, Latin name: Argiope keyserlingi, Family Araneidae (Araneomorphae), with thanks from gangeslim

 

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#60

barber near phusi hill, luang prabang

 

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#61

cafes at luang prabang

 

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#62

dark hazy & super dusty late afternoon along the bus route from vang vieng to luang prabang. the colors of the sky are brought out by a graduated neutral density filter, and post processed with some darkening.

 

[zoossh]

#63

evening shots of flowers in the backdrop of adima, northern laos

 

[Pauche]

i am planning a trip to Laos soon, perhaps u can share your itinerary and mode of travel from point A to B? thanks!!!

 

[zoossh]

i am planning a trip to Laos soon, perhaps u can share your itinerary and mode of travel from point A to B? thanks!!!

you can get a lonely planet, not too thick and easy to carry around.

i can't rem most details. but as mentioned, there is no train, which leaves the option by road or by water. as my friends do not want 2 days on boat, we did not go on mekong.

we did a northern laos trip from south to north. flew bangkok, train to nongkhai, tut tut cross the border to vientianne, then buses in between to vang vieng, luang prabang, and then via udomxai and luang namtha to muangsing. buses mostly take off from the early morning from 7am till 11am, as it takes often 5-14hrs depending on how far u go, it is very slow and dusty for even short distances. when we do short excursions, we sometimes negotiate with tut tut for a to-and-fro or half day trip. you may need to check on the ground regarding schedules and be prepared to change your itinerary, e.g. stay over 1 more day depending on bus time.

we spend 2 nights for each of the above locations, and only 1 night for luang namtha and vientainne. luang prabang we spent 4 days.

 

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#64

monk smoking at the udomxai bus terminal. it is not uncommon to see novice monks (doing it out of obligation like our national service)

 

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#65

under the patuxai (victory gate) at vientianne

 

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#66

an akha family having wedding in Pakha, and our dae chang-geum is there!

 

[doUbleCHIN]

Simply inspiring and amazing perspective. Very well presented. Seems to be a very friendly place to visit. Thank you for sharing your point of view.

 

[zoossh]

#67

locals at Kasi making lunch for travellors on buses passing between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang.

 

[mingkor]

Excellent shots. I have throughly enjoyed all the photos.

Having only started photography since August 2006 with a point and shoot, I have graduated to an Olympus SP550UZ last month and your photos encourages me to improve my beginner's shots.

 

[zoossh]

thanks. dun worry, everyone have a learning curve. who knows if i'm going to get saturated soon....

#68

kids at ban na oune. somehow they are laughing all around, with the kids trying to stop the mr. little act cute from acting cute, hence they covered his eyes. at the same time, they started to look into another direction, makes me wonder if there is a UFO flying behind me....

 

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#69

wat sisaketsata sahatsaham, scotching hot late afternoon with a little breeze in the shade.

 

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#70

domestic animals at luang prabang - rooster & its family

 

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#71

monkey at a village near tham sang (limestone caves)

 

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#72

crying kid at oudoshim, maybe just get whacked for being naughty. disclaimer: I didn't make the little boy cry... :dunno: just in case that is being questioned... like in renegrade's thread :sweat: