On the Road and In Your Backyard

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

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More wow from Le Comte.

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Today, pictures from valued commenter Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes.

More of the beauty of Laos

The Khan River in morning

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang, Laos

This is a tributary of the Mekong, which is cliseby

Weekend at Market

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang, Laos

Loved watching the kids in the market

Life in a Hmong Village

Taken on 2018-01-20

Outside Luang Prabang, in the hills

These folks live quite simply, but support themselves in part by creating beautiful textiles.

Tree Outside the Hmong Elder’s Home

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang

These folks are animist, and every aspect of their ceremonial lives has a basis in nature.

Kuang Si Falls

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang

This was a series of waterfalls coming off the mountains, and thought of as spiritual. The color is due to mineral deposits in the water. There were a number of people swimming, even though the weather was a little cool.

Kuang Si Falls

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang

Another pool

From the Bamboo Bridge

Taken on 2018-01-20

Luang Prabang

Costs a dollar to walk across the Khan via a bamboo footbridge.

 

Thank you so much Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes, do send us more when you can.

 

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