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This is the Nam Ou (Black river) near Muang Ngoy, Laos. This is a very small town that you can only get to by slowboat. A slowboat is a low river boat with a tarp over it, that seats about 20 and has a small engine in back, and a spotter in front to watch for floating debris. The trip was about seven hours long, and while we were traveling, I saw lots of people panning for gold along the river with simple tools. We passed half a dozen small towns and settlements which were just groupings of simple grass and wood huts. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The whole river is lovely, always with steep cliffs and hills on the shore. The water was so shallow that a couple times we actually had to jump out and assist in pushing the boat over sandbars.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Later, at my destination, I met some Israeli and English travelers, and we rented inner tubes to float down the river. They were all smoking pot and passing joints while floating down the river, and then all of a sudden a boat came by blasting music from the 60’s rock group ,the Doors. It was surreal, a total Apocalypse Now moment! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• I painted this from a sandbar that I had waded out too in 2010. The boat’s were going back-and-forth across the river fishing. 4 x 6”, or 10 x 15 cm., oil on prepared mat-board. If you’re interested , there’s some articles on my website with more detail and the whole group of Southeast Asia paintings. Link in my info #pleinairpainting #muangngoy #fisherman #jungle

This is Nuang Khiaw, my second stop in Laos. In 2010 the most direct route was a slow boat ride up from Luang Prabang on the Nam Ou River. They’re usually about 20 feet or 6 m long and just have a canvas over them and a small engine in the back. You can see some of these boats in this painting. A really interesting way to travel, and it reminds you that before there were roads everywhere, rivers were usually the quickest choice. It was a lot of fun to do, jammed with both fellow backpackers and locals alike. I stopped here for a few days, and did a couple sketches. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. An odd conversation I had while I was there when I ran into one of the few Americans I saw in Laos: He had rented a motorcycle and a girlfriend in Thailand, and was making a month-long three country tour. Yep, you read that right. Of course prostitution is much more culturally acceptable in Thailand, and it lacks the cultural stigma of the west. I think he said he paid her $1500 and all expenses. Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 6x 7” or 15 x 18 cm.,oil on prepared matboard. If you want more, there’s some recent articles on my website with all the paintings, photos, and more details of my adventure in Asia, link in my info. #pleinairpainting #slowboat #nongkhiaw

These are the tidal flats of the Mekong River. There were many little house boats like this, some with people living on them, others for shipping passengers or freight. I think this was my favorite painting in Luang Prabang. Also this was the night me and some of my fellow travelers at my guest house decided to go down to the night market and get some Lao-Lao, which was the local bootlegged rice whiskey. It’s really rather rough to drink, but we managed several shots each, and I definitely felt it in the morning. I had a great time most evenings just hanging out with a group of new friends at the guest house. Mostly I spent time with this one family which was a son and his parents from Britain, and they were making their way through Laos after spending time in Nepal. Fascinating. From 2010.

This is a Buddhist Wat on the outskirts of Luang Prabang, Laos. I didn’t have a moped in Laos to get around, so I just took long walks with a backpack full of painting gear. I think it was this day that I met a young man who could speak some English, and befriended me, and ended up taking me for a small meal. When we were at the restaurant, the waitress was having words with him,and I think she was actually asking him to leave. Later when he started asking me for money to pay for his “school,“ I realized why. I think he was a little bit of a con-man. But that was one of the very few bad experiences I had during my whole Southeast Asia trip. 5 x 7”, oil on prepared card stock. From my 2010 SE. Asian trip. If you would like to read more about my entire four month sojourn in Southeast Asia, there’s a link in my information.#pleinairpainting #buddhism #wat #laos

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