Notes on the Geography of Laos: Mekongside: Ban Thanoun
Ban Thanoun 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, 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 is 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 virtuoso display of roofing technique.
Detail of the lashings.