Laos: Luck, a budget version of Lux?
Laos: So many choices...go for the deep fried frog...
Laos: ...or perhaps the "porks intestine salad"...
Laos: One of many huge golden buddha statues in Vientiane
Laos: Chilling under a tree
Laos: Pha That Luang, Vientiane
Laos: Wat Si Saket - temple/monastery in Vientiane
Laos: A few of the 10136 bronze and stone buddha statues on the perimeter of the complex!
Laos: Monks at the Wat Si Saket monastery
Laos: I presume that means "stop!"
Laos: Buddha Park (Xieng Kuan) just outside Vientiane - that is a big guy on his side...
Laos: The mouth of the pumpkin!
Laos: Buddha Park from the top of the pumpkin
Laos: Johan rubbing shoulders (or feet?) with a giant
Laos: Tuk-tuks line the streets - ready to overcharge foreigners
Laos: The road next to the Mekong river - nice for a quiet afternoon stroll
Laos: Late afternoon and life moves to the river bank...
Laos: Sunset over the Mekong - Vientiane
Laos: Beautiful "silk and light" art works - Vientiane
Laos: Sign outside the bus station in Vientiane
Laos: Garbage bin Lao style
Laos: Vang Vieng
Laos: Kid in a cave
Laos: Paddling on a quiet river
Laos: Bridges for crossing the river
Laos: Resting
Laos: We had to wade through knee-deep water to enter one cave...
Laos: Christmas day tubing
Laos: The enormous grounds - not bad for a US$7 room!
Laos: Just US$7 per room...
Laos: Children on a local bus
Laos: We could not figure this one out...
Laos: Braaing in an empty bomb shell - Phonsavanh
Laos: Some war junk that can be found all around Laos
Laos: Fruit at the market
Laos: Meat at the market
Laos: A convenient live pig carry basket
Laos: Nice as a handbag with little piggy screaming from the inside!
Laos: Bomb craters from the "Secret War" fought by Uncle Sam in Laos
Laos: American bomb crater
Laos: An unexploded "bombie" or bearing bomb
Laos: More than 20 000 people were killed after the war by these bombies
Laos: This bomb shell fulfills the role as a shop counter!
Laos: ...and the other counter...
Laos: Local Hmong-tribe boys
Laos: Young Lao girl
Laos: Baby chicken catching a ride on mother!
Laos: Traditional Hmong-tribe ball throwing outfit
Laos: Wow!
Laos: Plain of Jars - unknown origen
Laos: Thanks to Uncle Sam
Laos: Some weigh up to 6 tons
Laos: Plain of Jars
Laos: Lao child bus breakfast
Laos: Local Lao kid
Laos: Bus breakdown
Laos: Underground war city
Laos: Local guide
Laos: A duck carrying basket
Laos: She looked like Yoda
Laos: Local transport
Laos: Roadside drinks with added animal flavourants
Laos: A friendly guy showing the way out!
Laos: Amazing cave - Khammouane region
Laos: Johan wading through the shallow waters
Laos: The view out the other side
Laos: During the rainy season, one can swim up to 300m into the cave
Laos: Our transport in Tha Khek
Laos: Petrol is sold in bottles next to the road
Laos: A saola, an animal first discovered in 1993!
Laos: The view from our tuk-tuk and we raced from cave to cave!
Laos: Relaxing next to the river - we saw some HUGE butterflies here
Laos: Butterfly
Laos: A great swimming hole
Laos: One of the few roads in the countryside
Laos: Fried rat!
Laos: One of the few rice paddies in a bomb-ridden country
Laos: Squirrels in the market
Laos: Don Det Island - part of the 4000 Islands area, southern Laos
Laos: Monks on their way somewhere...
Laos: Laos was the 1st country where we saw white water buffalos
Laos: Black and white water buffaloes
Laos: A great afternoon overlooking the Mekong from a restaurant deck
Laos: Local beer
Laos: The sunsets over the Mekong were out of this world
Laos: Fisherman at sunset
Laos: Mekong sunset
Laos: Big local fruit
Laos: 4000 Islands
Laos: Relaxing in our island bungalow
Laos: Our night light
Laos: Cycling next to the Mekong
Laos: Island accommodation on the Mekong
Laos: We rented bicycles and explored some of the islands
Laos: Some of the old French colonial architecture remains
Laos: Beautiful and delicate Lao weavings
Laos: The view towards Don Khon from an old French railway bridge
Laos: Eating coconuts
Laos: Us. There.
Laos: Great place to cycle and relax
Laos: Late afternoon snack time
Laos: Sunset on the Mekong from Don Khon island
Laos: An ”Advanced Blanket“
Laos: This pig really enjoyed our shower outflow!
Laos: Birthday cake for a birthday girl
Laos: The border post with Cambodia!
