Pak Beng & the Phu Vieng Hotel.
And what a dump that place was. But you gotta take what you can get.
And what a dump that place was. But you gotta take what you can get.
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1st Laos Trips 1995
- Thread starter DavidFL
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Boten 1995 - the Laos / China border crossing
Luang Namta, with the Lanten
On the Luang Namtha - Muang Sing road
On the Chinese side of the border from Pang Hai
Luang Namtha - Muang Sing
Muang Sing city. What a total charming beauty it was once upon a time!
On the Luang Namtha - Muang Sing road
On the Chinese side of the border from Pang Hai
Luang Namtha - Muang Sing
Muang Sing city. What a total charming beauty it was once upon a time!
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With the Hmong on the road to Muang Sing from Luang Namtha
Hmong
School is in
Hmong
School is in
Fantastic how You have saved these Old Photos! A Beautiful Era for those Lucky enough to have experienced it! Top Job Mate!
The Na Teuy road junction Feb 1995
Oudom Xai 1995
Ban Xiangle on the road from Oudom Xai to Pak Beng.
Stopped for lunch. November 1995.
Bath time in the clean river.
Stopped for lunch. November 1995.
Bath time in the clean river.
Xiangle is the Village my girlfriend comes from. It's a 'Laos Lue ' Village. Same ethnicity as 'Thai Lue' . When I met her 12 years ago the Village had a couple of communal bathing places. Very refreshing I recall. The Village girls would collect the days water from there with 2 buckets balanced over the shoulders on a bamboo or wood stick. You can see scars on the shoulders of many woman here who used to carry the water the same way for years and years. The bamboo mat walls on the houses are now being replaced with concrete blocks unfortunately.
Excellent photos series.
Thanks so much.
Girlfriend recognises quite a few of the People in the photo. Some of the Old woman and some girls she went to school with. One of her brothers is in one of the photo's too. She says the woman showing her 'monkey' in the river isn't Thai (Laos Lue) apparently ....... I would tend to agree. Her head dressing is unusual. They usually have a towel on the head in a particular style notwithstanding the pubic hair ... 
She has sent the photo's to family and I guess the Village will be reminiscing about the good Old Days and the Handsome farangs
She has sent the photo's to family and I guess the Village will be reminiscing about the good Old Days and the Handsome farangs
Oudom Xai - Pak Beng.
16 November 1995, finally found my old notes from that trip.
Tai Dam
Oudom Xai 16 November 1995
16 November 1995, finally found my old notes from that trip.
Tai Dam
Oudom Xai 16 November 1995
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