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    by mattandnetty, Views[585]
         		 Entering the cave!: by mattandnetty, Views[455]
         		 by mattandnetty, Views[613]
         		 What a view!: by mattandnetty, Views[540]
         		 These are the markers to stop you wandering off the cleared areas!: by mattandnetty, Views[427]
     
    View from the Plain of Jars: by mattandnetty, Views[405]
         		 A reminder, bomb craters were all over this site: by mattandnetty, Views[446]
         		 Plain of Jars: by mattandnetty, Views[457]
         		 Various bombs that have been found, the small ones are the 'bombies': by mattandnetty, Views[504]
         		 by bpphoto, Views[214]
     
    Spectators watching and betting on cock fight. Don Det, Laos.: by bpphoto, Views[958]
         		 Veteran cock ready for battle. Don Det, Laos.: by bpphoto, Views[785]
         		 Man preparing cock for fight. Don Det, Laos.: by bpphoto, Views[853]
         		 Father and Child about to watch cock fight. Don Det, Laos.: by bpphoto, Views[1247]
         		 Choosing the cocks before the fight. Don Det, Laos.: by bpphoto, Views[739]
     
    The fisherman holds on for his life knowing that one mistake here would result in certain death. The ranging Mekong pulls at his body as his weary arms cling desperately to hold him on the rope. Times like these rely on full concentration and both hands on the rope at a time, any extra luggage has to go in the mouth, knives included.: by jacobjamesphoto, Views[410]
         		 A measly catch in a fisherman’s trap. One large fish can make a huge difference to the fishermen as fish stocks dwindle in the falls. Some fishermen can go for a day or more without catching any fish. During the monsoon season it becomes even more difficult for fisherman as their traps are damaged and fish stocks are reduced more so as the fish follow the current downstream at the start of the rains.: by jacobjamesphoto, Views[1430]
         		 An elderly fisherman recalls his life fishing on the falls, risking his life each day for less than $6/£4. The toil of the job is clear on his aged and weathered skin. He speaks of plans by the WWF to ban trap fishing in an attempt to protect the rarer breeds of fish who use the falls to reach breeding grounds. Despite the challenges ahead he believes the fishermen will not give up their livelihoods easily.: by jacobjamesphoto, Views[710]
         		 The sheer power of the river is clear as a fisherman struggles to reach the bamboo bridge. The fisherman use a combination of throw nets and bamboo fishing traps to catch migratory fish travelling up through the falls. Due to the nature of the traps’ location, the fishermen have to risk their lives navigating the falls across a series of bamboo bridges and rope lines, one small slip on the bamboo could result in death for the fisherman.: by jacobjamesphoto, Views[723]
         		 A brave fisherman stares into the wall of water at Khone Phapheng falls before casting his net into the ferocious current. During the rainy season the Mekong river swells rapidly causing millions of litres of water to crash over the falls each second. The highest flow ever recorded at Khone Phapheng falls was 49,000,000 litres a second. A select few fishermen risk their lives daily to carve out a living fishing these waters.: by jacobjamesphoto, Views[1167]
     
    Stay thirsty my friends.: by sglass, Views[562]
         		 Sam being smooth.: by sglass, Views[448]
         		 We go BACK to the bar we like a second night because, let's face it, there's not a lot to do in Vientiane.: by sglass, Views[457]
         		 A night market along the river in Vientiane: by sglass, Views[713]
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    Shoot. I don't remember who this guy is. : by sglass, Views[193]
         		 Coke
         		 We find a bar! A real bar! Like, that pours full drinks! To celebrate, we drink Absynthe.: by sglass, Views[185]
         		 One last look!: by sglass, Views[152]
         		 Lots of different Buddhas in different positions... all symbolizing something different: by sglass, Views[286]
     
    Pretty: by sglass, Views[260]
         		 by sglass, Views[277]
         		 We watched the monks decorate the temple for a bit, and then they took a brake to go play some frisbee! : by sglass, Views[292]
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    Inside the brightly colored temple: by sglass, Views[356]
         		 The monks here were setting up for some sort of festival!: by sglass, Views[445]
         		 Giant reclining Buddha (when he's lying down like this it symbolizes the moment he reaches Enlightenment): by sglass, Views[3540]
         		 Touring more of the complex: by sglass, Views[321]
         		 This whole complex was just so much more ornate than anything else we saw in Laos- you could tell it is their national pride and joy: by sglass, Views[313]
     
    Gorgeous: by sglass, Views[298]
         		 by sglass, Views[263]
         		 Love this architecture: by sglass, Views[289]
         		 One of the beautiful temples: by sglass, Views[273]
         		 by sglass, Views[298]
     
    This stupa is on the Lao national seal, all of their money, and the labels of Beer Lao!: by sglass, Views[297]
         		 We wander the grounds: by sglass, Views[296]
         		 Joe does a cartwheel... sort of: by sglass, Views[295]
         		 Hooray for Laos! And Buddhism!: by sglass, Views[247]
         		 Playing with effects: by sglass, Views[262]
     
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