Here are some additional pictures from our Laos trip.
A unique way to prepare eggs at the market. The top of the shell is opened, the eggs are mixed with some salt and spices. The shells are refilled and then cooked. A better boiled egg!
A photo of a photo. This is a picture of the temple in Vientiane taken around 1980. Compare it to the current picture of it elsewhere in the blog. Note how the surrounding area looks almost rural. Today the area is completely citified with pavement, traffic and businesses.
Children walking through a rice paddy.
We are proud to have tigers! (Because it draws tourists.) Laos used to have many elephants. While [we are told] a few still survive in the wild they are almost all gone. We didn’t see any elephants or tigers.
A couple of Laotian village women. They were quite amused by my bike helmet. To them I looked quite silly.
In another village I saw a woman walking proudly down the street with her bra worn on the outside of her dress. I guess she wanted to show it off. Sorry, I didn’t get a photo.
A Laotian woman in a remote village weaving fabric on a very basic loom.