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944 images Created 28 Mar 2009

Photos made in Laos. There are a number of photos of Buddhism in Laos, travel photos from Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng and pictures of daily life in rural Laos.

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  • Mar. 15, 2009 -- LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist Monks in Luang Prabang, Laos, go about their "Tak Bat," Lao for "monks morning rounds." The monks collect alms in the form of food from people who line their route. For the monks, it is the only food they get that day, for the people it's a chance to "make merit." Luang Prabang is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the spiritual capital of Laos. There are dozens of "wats" or temples and thousands of monks in the city. It is still the center of Buddhist education in Laos. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A boy drives his canoe up the Mekong River past Don Khone in the 4,000 Islands area of southern Laos. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A boy drives his canoe up the Mekong River past Don Khone in the 4,000 Islands area of southern Laos. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Boys play football (soccer) behind the old elementary school in Don Khone. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Boys play football (soccer) behind the old elementary school in Don Khone. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Boys play football (soccer) behind the old elementary school in Don Khone. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A tourist boat rest on its side in the Mekong River on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A man carries bamboo poles on his motorbike in the countryside on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Boys ride their bikes on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Boys ride their bikes on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: The only remaining narrow gauge train engine on Don Khone Island. The French built a narrow gauge train the length of Don Khone in the late 1890s so they could bypass the waterfalls that flank the island and make the Mekong River here unnavigable. The train engine is now a tourist stop on the island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Water buffalo, also sometimes called carabao, graze in a fallow rice field near Don Khone village. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Women riding in a tuk-tuk, or three wheeled taxi, on Don Khone. Three years ago there were no tuk-tuks on Don Khone, now there are more than 50. Most serve the tourists but more and more local people are using them. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Women riding in a tuk-tuk, or three wheeled taxi, on Don Khone. Three years ago there were no tuk-tuks on Don Khone, now there are more than 50. Most serve the tourists but more and more local people are using them. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: Water buffalo, also sometimes called carabao, graze in a fallow rice field near Don Khone village. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: There are no markets on Don Khone so a couple of motorcycle owners have turned their bikes into rolling convenience stores. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: There are no markets on Don Khone so a couple of motorcycle owners have turned their bikes into rolling convenience stores. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: There are no markets on Don Khone so a couple of motorcycle owners have turned their bikes into rolling convenience stores. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:  Lao woman on a tractor used as a bus near Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:  The funeral pyre of a man who died in Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:  The funeral pyre of a man who died in Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:  The funeral pyre of a man who died in Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:A Buddhist monk says a final prayer before lighting the funeral pyre of a man near Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A mourner puts kindling next to the coffin of a man about to be cremated near Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS:  Mourners gather for the cremation of a man from Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island. In the southern Lao funeral tradition, the deceased is cremated at the place of his choosing, usually a place he (or she) was especially fond of. In this case, the man chose to be cremated in a small clearing in the jungle a few kilometers from his home.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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