Lao New Year (Pii Mai Lao)
I knew that Lao New Year was going to be wet. But I didn’t expect it SO wet. And I am not talking about rain. I am talking about people throwing buckets of water at each other in the streets for hours...
View ArticleAlms giving ceremony in Luang Prabang
If you can get yourself out of bed before 5am, then the alms giving ceremony (or Tak Bat) is for you. To be honest after all the effort for the early rise it was a bit disappointing but it’s still...
View ArticleLuang Prabang: not only temples
Since 1995 Luang Prabang, in the north of Lao, has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage site thanks to its high concentration of beautiful Buddhist temples mixed with European-style colonial...
View ArticleA trip to the Kuang Si waterfalls
Getting to the Kuang Si (or Kouang Si) waterfalls, 30Km south of Luang Prabang, was an adventure in itself. 27 of us from the same hostel were booked on the “minivan option” to get to the waterfalls....
View ArticleMore Lao photos available!
Hello! I have now updated the Lao Photogallery. More photos and on larger display are now available! Click here to view them :-).Filed under: Lao Tagged: blog, Lao, Laos, Luang Prabang, photogallery,...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Split Second Story
Walking past a Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang in the early morning offered some unusual opportunities to document the monks’ lives. Featyuring in the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge.Filed under:...
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