These are in reverse chronology. These fruits are bigger than footballs. Let me know if you can identify them. I can’t…

The above photo shows the regular ferry to the other side of the Mekong. I almost got on below but the third person who could almost speak English said no to my life jacket question, Jill.

The next are the fair with new clothes selling for $1.50 per item. These gamblers either had a baby or a death in the family, because one can gamble for a couple of months after each event–or the annual long boat races in Sept/Oct.

The main games of skill were pop the balloons. A loudspeaker blasted dance music in Lao except the, “get your f…ing hands up” refrain.

The sign reads the police are at your service…sleeping on a cot inside the doorway.

This coke comes after the following visit to a craft village across the bamboo bridge.

A teen artist is doing one of the several patterns. They could use some artists bringing more variety to the repertoire.

Above paper making. Below is not modern sculpture but wood drying.