vientiane, pakse and the bolaven plateau ...

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osmonthis? chai pha that luang braxony in ventiane

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beast at haw pha kaew j. and beast at wat si saket buddah ear b. and garuda

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unripe coconuts beast at the crazy buddha park buddha park - the embodiment of one very eccentric man's bizarre view of a merged hindu and buddhist religion

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restorers at work temple roof patuxai or a laos version of the arc de triomphe pylon in laos

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useless clock kalemet and his magical horse lao coffee..

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crazy park more sculpture in the park and again carved wat door

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weird flower near pakse we ran into an old friend of tamsins plant market

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waterfall outside pakse stripy bamboo shocked boy odd red fruit - undoubtedly poisonous

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island in the river river edge the water being carried up and over the hill from the bottom of the waterfall
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j. at the edge chillies big pig in a market

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farmers market on the plateau yep boys with guns - very reassuring! boy chasing his brother/ friend with a whip pretty chillies

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bored girls attend a stall slightly podgy pink cow kids at a little village on the bolaven plateau

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comedy kids never trust a small girl bearing a machete boys returning to the village girl and a sibling


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kids lounging on a balcony village piglet old lady in the village (there seem to be almost no old people in laos)

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ladies smoking a bamboo pipe over a fire ladies laughing at braxony's attempts to bargain ! j. and a rather lovely middle-aged elephant

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girl and her brother boy and sticks boys fighting boy with stick laughing uproariously - the people in laos are spectacularly nice and easygoing...

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girl carrying vedge flower very practical wicker backpacks more v. cool flowers

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man on bike in the rain dragonfly our guide tuk tuk driver - not sure what he is doing with his trousers...


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to champasak and the four thousand islands ...