Travel to Laos: Mekongside: Ban Thanoun

This village lies on the right bank of the river, downstream from Pak Beng.

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Walking circumspectly around the cluster of houses whose barren site contrasts with the surrounding forest.

Not quite deserted: women and children walk by.

Mystery object.

Barnyard and crude fencing.

Chanting could be heard coming from inside this house.

Inside the hut, children sit and watch a shaman attempt a cure.

The chanter was the man standing with his back to the room.

Over in another corner, a pannier filled with corn--an American domesticate of course but one that's found its way here.

Pounding kernals to meal.

In the midst of "underdevelopment," a virtuosic display of roofing technique.

Detail of lashings.