The palace built during the Vietnam War

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My Vietnam Air flight is out of the Luan Prabang airport. The airport is tiny. Not as tiny as the dirt strip in Kenya where we had to buzz the strip to remove the herd of zebra, but small. One strip. You walk out to the plane. Coming here, the engines were so hot the […]

Epiphany at the Luang Prabang National Museum

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Truth be told, I might be slowing. The 2 mountains and a cave yesterday have left me with a pained walk. And since 48 hours is the peak of pain after rigorous exercise, I may in for quite a day tomorrow. I’d do it again. And again and again. Lau Massage I ended the day […]

The climb

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It is January 29. The only reason I know that is because I saw someone write it on a ticket at a counter when paying for lunch in kip, the currency in the great communist country of Laos as I heard a Frenchman call it today. One U.S. dollar is about 80,000 kip. I’ve been […]

Temples and tigers and pagodas, oh my

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Photographer’s note: Please forgive any blurries or repetition. The photo galleries are a raw look into my camera snapping. I’ve never been a fan of making picture-taking complex or lugging camera equipment just to get an average, un-staged picture. I prescribe to a minimalist process (i.e. 1-step up from my iPhone). In order to take […]

Chiang Mai THAILAND [correction]

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I’m still in Thailand and am a bit stronger in my geography as of this moment. The country of Thailand, its students are taught) is in the shape of a “small ax.” I was misguided as to its handle and was confused as to where I was; it happens when you’re clicking countries like street […]

 
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