Howie's first breakfast in Bangkok
Modern Bangkok Architecture
Old Laos Hands @ the Federal Hotel Bangkok
Siam Square Shopping Area
Bangkok Neighborhood Klong (Canal)
Can't swing a cat in Bangkok without hitting a wat
Train Station
Golden Wat
Klong-side housing
Took a ride on a klong taxi
Street Seamstress
Wat interior
Marble Wat
Grand Palace Bangkok
Grand Palace
Emerald Buddha
Incense & Lotus
Over the top
Grand Palace roof detail
Largest Reclining Buddha
Aftermath of Celebration of the King's Birthday
Bowls used in celebration at wat
Yes, it's real gold leaf
One of the many unfamiliar foods for sale
Authors' Wing of the old Oriental Hotel
The Oriental has its own tea from Paris' Mariage Freres
New Wing of the Oriental Hotel
Monks' bowls made the traditional way
8 pieces of metal joined by hand
Cheap immigrant American labor is ...
... the key to cost effective manufacturing
Don't lose the wiring diagram
Bangkok subway
Even looking at this drives your cholesterol through the roof
New Bangkok Airport
Nam Phu fountain, Vientiane, Laos
Upscale hotel in Laos
Lunch with Johnny ("have I got a bridge for you") Johnson
That Luang
Doorway, That Luang
Beating the drum, signaling prayer
Naga, sacred snake
Sundown, That Luang
Tiered roof, That Luang
Sunrise, old Constellation Hotel, Vientiane, Laos
Tree-shaded Vientiane street corner
Lang Xane Avenue, towards Patuxay Monument
UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) Lao
Tupperware ladies on the move
Street sandwich vendor, Vientiane
Tuk Tuks
A motorcycle wash shop
That Dam, Vientiane
Vising Carol Cassidy's LaoTextiles
Carol Cassidy looms large in Lao textiles
Cassidy logo, woven silk, modern interpretation of traditional Lao motifs
Silk weaving
Traditional Lao weaving
Weavers
Spinning silk yarn
Silk to dye for
Lao wat with Naga guardians
Wat door detail
Vientiane wat building
On the Mekong, Vientiane
Vientiane wat
Wat door
Manley Enterprises International Ltd.
Bridge on Route 13
River during dry season
Drying meat
Showing village pictures from 40 years ago
"Hey, that little girl is me!"
Karst (limestone) cliffs from Route 13, central Laos
Thakhek, provincial capital, much the same 40 years later
Downtown Thakhek
Thakhek downtown street
Trash cans, made from tires
The kids are the same
Looking toward Thailand, across the Mekong from Thakhek
Thakhek wat grounds
They shrink if you put them in a dryer
Morning Monks, Thakhek
Mekong river craft, Thakhek
Electricity *from* Laos? This is new!
They say 1 of these = 5 water buffaloe
Market, Pakse
Garlic @ Pakse market
Pakse market
The red one is Dragon Fruit
Confluence of the Mekong and the Segone at Pakse, Laos
Grilling, Pakse, Laos
View of Pakse, Bolovens Plateau in the distance
Another view from the roof of our hotel in Pakse
View of Pakse and the Mekong
View from our hotel in Pakse, Laos
Howie's old house in Pakse
Sidecar samlaw
Why you can't navigate the length of the Mekong
7 headed Naga (with attitude)
"Do I really "knee"d this?"
Hilltop wat near Pakse, Laos
Wat steps
Hilltop wat detail
Hilltop wat building
Hilltop wat door detail
Hilltop wat laundry
Love these trees
Rosewood stumps (there were 100's along Route 13)
Here's what they do with the stumps
River rock
Hotel and wat, Pakse
He practiced his English, I practiced my Lao
Paksong, Bolovens Plateau, Laos
Drying coffee beans, Paksong, Bolovens Plateau, Laos
Rural gas station, Laos
Houie Kong dam, after 40 years
Cactus? In Laos?
Coming down the Eastern edge of the Bolovens Plateau
A weed-whacker in the geographic center of eff-ing nowhere!
How water gets off the Bolovens Plateau
Eastern slope of Bolovens
Old IVS house, Pakse?
1000 ft + waterfall, Bolovens
There are 2 people at the top of the waterfall (zoom in)
More cactus in Laos
The old police station in Thakhek
I like the colonial architecture better
Karst east of Thakhek
The "Wall" near Thakhek
The "Wall"
On the way to the "Karst Forest", central Laos
Old Bailey bridge, Route 8
Karst, central Laos
Karst Forest, central Laos
Typical offerings: incense, cigarettes, Cokes
Hin Boun river, central Laos
Nam Thuen hydroelectric dam
What? More cactus? Yup!
Sunset on the Mekong
Snorkel on our Toyota Landcruiser (we didn't need it)
Mali Nam Phu guest house, Vientiane
Hill tribe weaving, Sam Neua, Northern Laos
Internet cafe, Vientiane
The last samlaw
Baskets-R-Us
Fruit shakes - take your pick
Best Lao meal we've ever had
