Laos

Jar lying on its side at Site 2

Gilded pinnacle on outer wall of the Great Stupa

Decoration on wat doorway

Looking across the Nam Song river from Vang Vieng

Rice fields near Phonsavan during the dry season

Sunset over the Mekong from the deck of an improvised vehicle ferry carrying festival traffic

Detail of roof of modern wat

Carved wooden shutters at a wat

Children leaving school in the afternoon

Close-up of wall at the Great Stupa

Fisherman on the Mekong at sunset

Karst hills in the early morning