I have some new photos, and I thought I'd share them.

In Vientiane, I spent about an hour at Haw Pha Kaew, which is where the national treasures are stored and displayed. I took a few photos of various buddha parts, like a hand, or a hand and foot combo.

I thought that this buddha had elvish type characteristics...

The next few photos are from my excursion to the Buddha Park outside of Vientiane.

This mouth led into a big apple filled with various scary concrete Hindu images. Very weird inside...

These three girls befriended me while their pesky male friends tried to offer me candy. They are three students from Vientiane.

This is a typical bulbous nosed buddha from the park. I read that the images were all made by untrained workmen.

These two little girls couldn't figure what to make of me.

These are actually two different statues, but it looked like buddha was praying for cupid to hit someone goodlooking.

Buddhas and skulls are not often seen together...

GRRRRRR!!!!!! This face just looked scary.

I particularly like this photo of a group of monks I ran across.

This isn't a great pic, but it shows a decent example of Lanna script.

These two photos are from my brief stay in Vang Vieng. Why take it to the car wash when you can drive into the river?

The next few photos are from today, here in Luang Prabang. I will write more about this great little city tomorrow....

An interesting choice of colors...

A more traditional image...

A group of monks frolicking in the trees...

And finally, a grouping of some images of Buddhist hell. These remind me of similar ones I saw in Angkor Wat. Nothing like boiling people in oil, or sawing them in half. I can only imagine what they did to the guy on the left for his balls to be that big... There's nothing like a good dose of karma. Just imagine what he did to deserve that!!!