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A butterfly dances between red flowers in the Ban Xieng Maen area across the river from Luang Prabang.Read more about Ban Xieng Maen.
From Luang Prabang, we took a river taxi across the Mekong to the area of Ban Xieng Maen, a peaceful area with a few low-key temples. Its simplicity belied the fact that we were only minutes from Luang Prabang.This girl was waiting with her mother...and her duck. And she was quite serious about it.People were extraordinarily friendly, even happy to see us, with kids running up to us and waving and adults smiling as we passed by. We only saw a couple of other tourists the whole day, meaning that not many people make the trip. We'd really recommend it, an easy way to see a different side of Laos so close to Luang Prabang.Read more about Ban Xieng Maen.
Unfortunately, plastic guns are popular toys in Southeast Asia, too. We saw similar scenes of kids playing with plastic guns in all the countries we visited (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia). Read more about Ban Xieng Maen.
This girl's mother wanted me to take photos of her little baby boy, who was also really cute. The girl was feeling left out, so Audrey took her photo as well. She had a simple Pocahontas look to her.
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These two girls were playing around the offices of the EU micro-project program in Ban Xieng Maen (across the river from Luang Prabang). Unfortunately, its anti-litter effort and signs (in English and Lao) were not matched with trash bins in the village. Maybe that's part of next year's budget or rollout?
This girl stops for a snack along one of the village roads in the Ban Xieng Maen area, across the river from Luang Prabang. Read more about Ban Xieng Maen.
