Scenes from Laos

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

WORLDWIDE | Wednesday, 13 October 2010 | Views [216]

Kids in Laos don't have a lot of toys, but they have a great time the old-fashioned way, enjoying nature and each other. This kid was climbing a coconut tree to pick a coconut to eat with his waiting group of friends.

Throughout Laos, the local people sell fresh food by the roadside, rain or shine. This fishmonger in Savannakhet sat patiently by the Mekong River, where this fish was caught, awaiting customers to stop by on their motorbikes to purchase fish for dinner.

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Si Pan Don means Thousand Islands, a very flat group of islands in the Mekong River in the south of Laos, just above Cambodia. These islands, many of which disappear in the rainy season, are inhabited by very poor farmers. As the local people support their local temples, this temple shown above is in a poor state. On this day, a young novice monk was shielding a roofer from the hot sun while the man attempted to repair the roof.

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