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August 27th 2006

Published: September 16th 2006

Been in Laos for close to two weeks now, every moment amazing. What a great country, constantly surprising me, constantly impressing me. From the slow boat down the Mekong Laos is: Jungle covered mountains, rice patties, speedboats ferrying passengers north and south wearing crash helmets and life jackets, small villages with little kids running along the river bank waving and jumping up and dow... Read Full Entry

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Streets of Luang Phrabang

Typical street in L.P.

Adorable...

Need I say more...

Small alley in L.P.

The town was filled with small brick alleys just like this one. Really was a beautiful city.

Main street in Town

This was the street we spent most of our time on, it was filled with resturants.

Buddha...

Was outside one of the Wats in town.

Wat Shot...

Wall around another Wat

Big Buddha

Another Buddha, thought this one was cool though.

View from the Wat on the Hill.

I told you Louang Prabang is beautiful city.

Another one from the Hill

Inside the Stupa on the Hill

This was the shrine inside the Stupa on the hill.

Bus to Phon Savanh

The local bus that took us through the mountains to the sity nearest the Plain of Jars.

The Bus Station in L.P.

In Laos Bus Station means a big dirt parking lot, but hey at least the buses leave on time.

Hungry Lao Children

We gave these two boys food while our bus stopped for a pit stop.

Kate found a nice seat

Nice place to relax while the bus is stopped for a half hour.

Village children watching our Bus

The bus was trying to squeeze by a truck, probably the highlight of the day for the children in this small Lao village.

American Bomb Crater

A crater from one of the thousands of bombs America dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War...Bet you never heard about this at home.

Not a great sign.

Our country doesn't have the best track record in this region.

Large Jars at Site 1

Some of the bigger Jars that litter this area. They date from 2000-4000 years ago.

I told you these Jars were big

Moskowitz and our Guide

I just love how green these photos are.

View from Site 3

The views were to die for in this part of Laos.

16th September 2006

TravelGoon
Brian Moskowitz

I think that statue is actually a Liger
It's pretty much my favorite animal

16th September 2006

uncle bobby,aunt ellen
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laos
great pics,, thanks for keeping us up to date with your travels..where to next??

16th September 2006

Arlene
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Maybe you'll see a Tigon
This blog was really great and your pictures say it all. Hi to Moskowitz and Kate.

16th September 2006

Pamela
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Hi Alan!
Laos looks amazing. Unlike any place you have gone so far and i would bet you won't meet many people in New York who have been there. It looks like a movie! Great picks! Love you, talk to you soon. :)

17th September 2006

Kate
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Thankyou.
Cheers for the welcome Alan!

21st September 2006

ron w
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L"shanah tova
Lovely pictures and I can now feel as if I have seen some of the parts of the world that I tried to avoid in the 60's and 70's. Have a very sweet new year.

28th September 2006

Jeanine
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Almost Another Hoff
Hey Alan, I didn't even know Laos was a country LOL! That's okay. I didn't know Wales was one either until a few weeks ago. Baby Hoff should be here in a few days. We'll send up a bat signal or something to let you know. There have been nice waves. Mat and Josh have been surfing a lot. We missed you at Beth El last week.

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