Nong Kiaow to Maung Khua river trip – Laos

Nong Kiaow to Maung Khua river trip – Laos

The Nong Kiaow to Maung Khua boat trip up the Nam Ou river, zipping between limestone mountains in northern Laos …

Akha hill-tribe village – Laos

Akha hill-tribe village – Laos

A couple days hiking between villages on the Laotian-Chinese hill-tribe border region, staying in the village of the Akha people.

Village in Laos

Village in Laos

Often I stop and hang-around remote villages, staying a night or at least buying a snack on route to another destination. But this was pure transit – images snapped as I simply zipped by …

Carnage in the happy night – Savannakhet, Laos

Carnage in the happy night – Savannakhet, Laos

I had just passed a Laotian wedding party … been offered a glass of Beer-Lao by a guest and then 100 meters later a young girl running; her agonized shrieking – alarming …

Piggy goes to market – Laos

Piggy goes to market – Laos

Traveling across rural southern Laos, we stop to upload a pig into the bus …