Shop scene

Markets'n'food'n'people

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December 8th 2005
Life as I know it, Vientiane I am preoccupied with life and how it is lived in other places. So what follows are shots of shops! Yes a shopper to the core - 'cept that what I did here was window-shop. In fact, photo shoot is what I did - did not even cross the threshhold of most. First frames are from shops on the way to the cooking course ... "les commercants de la rue"! ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more