LAOS VIETNAM

GOLDEN STUPA, WAT ANOUVONG, SYMBOL

OF LAOSSTATUE OF LAOTIAN KING

BUDDHIST TEMPLES

HIGH END WEAVING WORKSHOP IN VIENTIANE, LAOS

REHAB AND PROSTHETIC CLINIC TO HELP VICTIMS OF LAND MINES

COLORFUL MARKETS

BRIDGE OVER RIVER IN LUANG PRBANG, A UNITED NATIONS WORLD HERITAGE CITY

ADORABLE CHILDREN!

TEMPLE IN LUANG PRABANG

TRANSPORTATION IN

VIETNAM

PAK OU CAVE ALONG THE

MAKONG RIVER

VIETNAMESE FOOD

PLANTING VEGETABLES ALONG THE RIVER

WATER IS IMPORTANT FOR FISHING AND GROWING CROPS

, RICE PAPER, USED FOR SPRING ROLLS, AND

RAISING PIGS, ARE THE PRIMARY SOURE OF INCOMEIN THO HA, A SMALL, OLD VILLAGE

RICE PAPER IS PUT ONTO RACKS AND DRIEDALONG THE STREETS.

WE WERE INVITED INTO THE HOME OF THE WOMAN WHO SHOWED US HOW TO MAKE RICE PAPER AND SERVED TEA AND WERE ENTERTAINED BY HER HUSBAND AND SON

HERE ARE 3 GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY

LAKE HOAN KIEM IN THE HEART OF HANOIJohn Mc Cain’s helicopter crash landed into this lake and he ended up in the “Hanoi Hilton” prison

HANOI HILTON “HOTEL”

“UNCLE HO’S” MAUSOLEUM

PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

ONE TIER PAGODABUILT TO LOOKLIKE A LOTUS

TYPICAL TALL THINHOUSE WITH STORE

UNDER LIVING QUARTERS

MEN PARADING THROUGH THE CITADEL IN HANOI WEARING ANCIENT COSTUMES

BEAUTIFUL HA LONG BAYWE SPENT 2 NIGHTS ON A BOAT IN THE BAY

THIEN MU TEMPLE, WITH A 7 TIERED PAGODATHROUGH OUT LAOS AND VIETNAM WE SAW AMAZING BONSI TREES

ROUND BOATS USED FOR FISHING AND FUN

OYSTER FARMBOATS IN CANAL

MY SON RUINS WERE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED DURING THE WAR. THEY ARE NOW BEING RESTORED

VILLAGE WE VISITED WHERETHEY HAND MAKE BASKETS

NHA TRANG CITYVERY POPULAR WITH RUSSIAN

TOURIST

AFTERNOON AT THE BEACH NEARN NHA TRANG

BEAUTIFUL SCENERY ALONGTHE ROAD TO DE LAT

DE LAT IS THE LARGEST

PRODUCER OFFLOWERS IN

VIETNAM

WEASEL ‘POOP” COFFEE

SMALL ETHNIC VILLAGE THAT WE

REACHED BY TRACTOR

80+ YEAR OLD WOMAN

WEAVES ON ABACK STRAP

LOOM

HOME OF A FAMILY THAT MAKESROOF THATCH FOR A LIVING

ONE OF VIETNAMS ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPSGAVE A DANCE PERFORMANCE FOR US

HO CHI MIN CITY

ALONG THE MA KONG DELTA

SNAKE WINE, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

TRAFFIC IN HO CHI MIN CITYONLY THE BRAVE CROSS THE STREET

STREET LIGHTS HONORING TET NEW YEAR