Monks are everywhere in Luang Prabang, Laos
What do you do when bike riding in the rain?
Beating drums all over the city at 4am and 4pm for the full moon festival
Historic temples and buddhas are everywhere in Luang Prabang
Laotian children
A festival celebrating the first full moon after the rainy season. After this the monks are allowed to leave their temples and travel out into the country and visit their families.
Local people praying at the festival
In Luang Prabang, each morning all the monks go out and receive alms in the form of food from the local people.
Leaving the market in Phonsavan, Laos
Selling baskets of pigs in the local market
Food at the market
Weapons left over from the "secret war" where the US bombed NE Laos. This is the most heavily bombed region in the world.
The Plain of Jars - funerary urns from 500 BC - 500 AD
There are hundreds of these jars all over the area surrounding Phonsavan.
Silk in Ventienne, the capital of Laos
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