Started in Luang Nam Tha, over the Chinese border - then southwest to Huay Xia, then east to Luang Prabang via slow boat, then further east to Phonsavan, then southwest again to Vang Vieng, then Northeast again to Sam Neua and Vietnam.
Date(s): March 26, 2007. Album by John Pratt. 1 - 16 of 179 Total. 187 Visits.
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2 Upper reaches of the Mekong River. In Laos it's called the Nam Tha.
3 I love crazy tractor cars!
4 The kids in Laos are great. I was going to take the little one on the right home to be my live in maid/butler/cabana/pool boy - but then he caught wind of my plans.
5 This little girl was down for it though. Too bad she's too young to do all the menial heavy lifting that's required.
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7 This is the dude who got kidnapped in Laos. Kids... don't enter the international drug trade :)
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9 The old wat on the left was blown up in some older war. Thankfuly they built a new one right next to it.
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12 Truth be told, it's awesome to see some people who aren't afraid of being photographed & actually rather like it. Oh and they didn't want any money either.