Lizard in a flower bush.

A friend's daughter, after eating chocolate. When I tried to take her picture, she started showing the dancing skills she's been learning in nursery school.

View of Phatang - The Thorne - as we traveled up to Xieng Khouang on Saturday

Dok Khun, the flower which blooms just before Lao New Year

Two adult female cats, taking care of their shared kittens. I guess they are thinking about the postal rates - they go down the more cats you can fit in the box

The plum trees around my house are starting to bloom!

Another view of the sandbagging near my house - this house is on the wrong side of the levee!

Big Earthworks project in Vientiane - sandbagging the entire length of the city to a height of a meter.

This flooded area was four kilometers wide. Had to drive carefully so we didn't go off the side of the road.

View in the flood waters - people with tok-toks, towing people across the flooded areas.

Floods in central and northern Laos, and drought in the south. Well, even no rain for 7 days = dying rice plants

@Preyanka This is what I found at Emporium Supermarket today - blueberries 199 B (4.4 oz) and cherries at 399 B

For @Preyanka: photo taken in foreigner store in Vientiane. Where are they grown? Survey in store - no one knows.

View from hotel room this morning at 5:30 am. Going out for a walk now.

Marigolds growing within the hands of a Buddha image in meditation at Wat Xieng Khuan sculpture park.

Picture of the monument itself - the other picture includes the entrance.

That Luang - the national symbol of Lao PDR. Took a walk around after stopping at the organic farmers market.

Sunset in Ta-Oi district after a rough day of travel.

This picture illustrates what makes driving in Vientiane traffic so interesting.

This is for @underpope - a lotus pond in Champasak. The whole half of the pond is covered.