How I got there: Lao Airlines QF 245
Altitude Plot
Around Vientiane
More practice with panning and local sights
April 19 - 20, 2012:Off to Vientaine
Up for my early morning sunrise
Flags - a reminder of times past
Some sort of markers on the Mekong bottom. The water is so low that there is no river traffic. Several days later, after some rain, the river was easier to see
Mekong markers
Motion capture
Volleyball court
Camping
Fishing boat
Another group of mounds
Reminder of French times of the past
Wires
Temple Tower
Morning light on a temple
Another view
An inside look at the monk works
Temple reflections
Lao honey pancakes
My favorite - street food
Street cooking
Morning worship
Morning monks
Now - sitting and practicing panning photos - bicycle boy
Street cooking
Wires
My wheels - to tour the city
Scaffolding
Inside the temple
Cobra shade
A line of statues
Many faces
The Buddha fix-it shop
City tower
Looking up
Looking through a keyhole
Lying Buddha
The feed of a lying Buddha
Security Museum
Two men and a woman
Battle
A battle scene
Then final stop - a weaving factory
Simple looms - beautiful fabric
Making thread
Moving the shuttle
Weaving
Shuttle
Spinning - making new thread
Dying station
A group of spinners - with bicycle rim hand-crank apparatus
Weaving
Wide weaving
Narrow weaving
Behind the scenes
Repair in action
C. Frank Starmer