guidance

in order to have your prayer listen to you must offer as many sacrifices as possible (in this case coins, mearly nickels/rappens/bani/cents), and what a better way than under the warming guidance of mother…

seeking protection

these demons are really really impressive, about 5m tall, vivid colors, one could just stare at them for dozens of minutes in a row

wonders of the modern world

can you imagine working for the electricity company, you answer a home call, and when you reach the client’s premises you see THIS is the electric distribution panel?!

evening rituals

throughout the country in the after the dusk you can see people everywhere sacrificing money (cheap photocopies) and other “valuables”, regardless of the weather or the development in front of your porch, like this man

meeshoo

has everyone seen Mulan?! 😉 leaving that on aside, i really liked this setup in front of the One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi, a really beautiful, small pagoda

rice water-puppets

one of the nicest things to see in Hanoi. these water-puppets are made of rice, so their usage is quite limited, each 3 months a new set needs to be done. the stage consists in a “huge” swimming pool, the shows illustrating different episodes of the vietnamese life throughout the year

Ha Long Bay

probably the nicest thing Vietnam has to offer after Sapa (which was unaccessible due to the massive land-slides), being of course a World Heritage Site. the vietnamese were pretty disapointed it didnt make on the list of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World. i must admit it was funny to see ad-posters promoting it as the […]

Buddha park

 only few km from Vinentiane (Lao’s capital), most probably the most important site to visit in the area, besides the shooting range in Vientiane, it consists in an interesting collection of statues from Buddhism and Hindu religions, most of them are on average of about 2m high but some are really impressive, as the huge […]

Rural landscape

absolutely my favorite picture from this autumn’s asia trip. i have seen the location from the bus so second day i skipped the group activity, tubing, rented a motorcycle, figured it out how to change the gears, and here i was driving for about  1 1/2 hrs to this great place. i had to run through the paddy-field, which […]

Long way to go…

Tobe honest I didn’t get it why was she brooming when there was abs no house in the nearby…

Lao kids