LAST Summer 2003
 

© Peter Whittlesey
Below are a few of my favorite photos from the LAST 2003 Galleries
   

The market in Muang Sing is fascinating and this Akha woman was just waiting....
This is a little market between the Phusi Hotel & Mekong River in Luang P...
A group photo with the Ambassador at the 4th of July party in Vientinae
A hibiscus flower at Kwang Xi Waterfalls close to Luang Prabang
Traditional dancers in the Lane Xang Hotel Restaurant in Vientiane
We had a bacci ceremony at my house in Vientiane at the beginning of the tour
Firiendly girls in a Lue village we visit outside of Luang Prabang on the Nam Ou
This monk in the wat in the Lue village is over 90 years old!
The children in the Lue village were fascinated with Jessica's digital camera
A market still life with hot peppers, mushrooms and ginger
A View of Luang Prabang and Phusi from the road to Kwang Xi Waterfalls
I like this shot of the people preparing their mountain rice fields...very steep
Water buffalo cooling off
An Akha basket with wood set along side the trail we were walking on
Akha basket by a house in an Akha village outside Muang Sing
Hmong girls reading a book in Hmong donated by Stephanie and Merced City SD
Anolher shot. It was truly a magical time
Tai Dam weaving on the loom
Waiting to give alms to the monks in Luang Prabang
Rice paddy with bomb crater in Sam Neua
Putting flowers in sa paper in Luang Prabang
Lanten young woman with baby in a village outside Luang Namtha
Two girls from the Lue village posing for a photo
The Lao Air ATR plane coming in for landing in Phonsavan
Lynn with one of my favorite Tai Dam women in their village outside Muang Sing
Purple lillies on the road to Kwang Xi
Rainbow over a home on the road to Sam Neua
Red Dok Champa flower on the path up to Phusi
Tai Dam weaving detail
Man with daughters who recently lost his wife to a bombie in Xieng Khouang
I love this shot of Luang Prabang showing the mouth of the Nam Khang
Clouds over the mountains on the way to Sam Neua
Young girls "weaving" their own little textiles
Rainbow over rice paddies outside of Sam Neua
Hmong women in village outside of Muang Sing creatively display their cloths
Our group planting rice in Xieng Khouang
A group photo at the largest jar in the Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang
Wat Sisaket in Vientiane
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