Indochina 2009

Photos by Adam Jones

These photos were taken during two months in Indochina
(Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) from May to July 2009.

Photo Gallery 39: Laos - Sam Neua

Yet another 11-hour bus ride away, Sam Neua is the capital of Hua Phan province, closer
to Hanoi than Vientiane and populated by a wide range of minority peoples, notably various groups
of Hmong, Khamu, and Thai, who settled the region as latecomers in the 19th century.

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This photo and the following: people and scenery en route to Sam Neua.

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This young monk was among our fellow passengers.

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Clearly the other passengers were as enraptured by the scenery as we were.

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At a pit-stop in Nam Noen: still life with family portrait, stuffed fauna, and the inevitable
array of war scrap.

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This photo and the next: also from Nam Noen, en route to Sam Neua.

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Our monks and other passengers take a break at the Phonesai falls,
about 35km from Sam Neua.

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A sun-drenched late-afternoon view from the Sam Neua bus station.

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View over central Sam Neua from the balcony of our guesthouse.

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A frieze commemorating the Second Indochina War in Sam Neua. Wherever you go, those communists
are just so darned heroic!

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