241206 life along the Nam Ou - Muang Khua

People gathered around an earthmover on the riverbank...the usual standing, squatting, staring & waiting for something nothing to happen - Lao is so not a place for Type A personalities ;)



Old enough to learn how to walk = old enough to learn how to ride pillion:



Do these homes shift to higher ground during the rainy season?



More 'laundry gardens' (below left) & the green pool of sludge-y stuff (below right) that blocked the riverbank path from the boat landing to Nam Ou Guesthouse the previous afternoon: