Category: Laos
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Mass tourism
Mass tourism Ever tried to look at Monet’s Sunset in its entirity in the Orangerie? Ever climbed up to sunset point on the hill in Luang Prabang? Photos of the week: Claude Monet, Nymphéas (1916-1926) – Soleil couchant, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France 2024;Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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The tree bridge
The tree bridge “It’s after long deliberations that I dared to take the step. It wasn’t easy. Bend, midway start a branch growing down … and then yes, I finally reached the opposite side. Now that my branch has rooted on the other bank, the river passes under me, feeding me from both sides.” Photo…
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Transience
Transience I like visibly run-down constructions, their abandonment, nature slowly invading the remains. It provokes contemplation, about impermanence, about people and the things that pass. Here we are in a dilapidated spa on the wooded bank of the Namkhan River. Once finished, the spa soon fell into disuse. Nature has not yet entered but is…
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In a flash
In a flash Was it the way she sat, or the way she looked, or her lipsticked lips, or maybe her amusing fairylike dress? Probably it was all this together.You see something or somebody, are touched and there you go, photo!The little girl takes care of the goods in the stall of – presumably –…
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Welcome
Welcome The spider has spun an ingenious web.She waits patiently at the entrance to her hole,ready for a deadly attack. Photo of the week: Spider near Zen Namkhan Resort, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Barbecue
Barbecue Dead eyes looking at you,in anticipation of being blinded by fireinto cloudy white spots.Then they don’t look anymore.Then they disappear between the jawsof us, dear carnivores. Photos of the week: Picnic along the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Elephant Island
Elephant Island This is not Elephantine near Aswan, nor Elephanta near Mumbai. It’s a gently curved tiny little island in the Namkhan River near Luang Prabang.It thinks, has feelings, remembers, and enjoys itself in the water.The peaceful beauty of nature. Photo of the week: Two elephants bathing in the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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On being supreme
This morning when putting on her T-shirt she may have felt confident but now it’s text is weighing down on her. If only she knew how beautiful she looks in the late light of the sun. Photo of the week: Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Sunset point
Sunset point Sunsets are marketed as tourist attractions. In Luang Prabang, Phu Si hill in the middle of town is considered the perfect spot for observing the sunset. So towards the end of the day all tourists in Luang Prabang climb Phu Si hill with their phones and cameras poised. Watching the sun set becomes…
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Lines
Lines Roofs and cables in a quiet interplay of lines. Photo of the week: Wat Aphai, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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