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  • A large part of Laos people's livelihood comes from the rivers. They use them for trade, transportation, and of course fishing. Unfortunately, this has led to a huge decline in the fish population in recent years.....This boy isn't holding the bait. That's the fish he was trying to catch! By photographer Neil Wade
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  • Louang Prabang is a beautiful town in central Laos. It's a UNESCO World Heritage site due to the large number of well preserved temples. It has a wonderful old-world feeling that is unfortunately getting trampled by an influx of tourists. By photographer Neil Wade
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  • Some business savvy locals built a bamboo foot bridge across this river in central Laos. They charge everyone 25 cents to cross which is quite a hefty sum to the local people. It's no bother though, most of the locals do what they always have, hike up their pants and wade across. By photographer Neil Wade
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  • These villagers are walking through a dry rice paddy in stifling heat. Rice is the main crop of all of Southeast Asia, often supplemented by fish, chicken and pork. By photographer Neil Wade
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  • A large part of Laos people's livelihood comes from the rivers. They use them for trade, transportation, and of course fishing. Unfortunately, this has led to a huge decline in the fish population in recent years.....This boy isn't holding the bait. That's the fish he was trying to catch! By photographer Neil Wade
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  • A elderly village shows signs of hard work in her heavily arthritic hands as she takes a rest in her doorway in Muang Khao. By photographer Neil Wade
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  • This girl belongs to a minority group found in northern Laos called the Black Thai. They're neither black, Thai, nor do they wear black ties so I don't get it. I asked my guides about them and was told that no one is really sure where they came from, but they've been in this area for as long as anyone can remember. By photographer Neil Wade
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  • Slash and burn farming is the only way to get the ground productive enough to grow crops in much of Southeast Asia. It's an easy and profitable, yet short term way to make a living. They cut down the jungle; sell the trees; then burn whatever is left. The ashes from the fire make the ground productive enough to grow rubber trees for a few years...We came upon this sight while walking to a village just on the other side of the hill in the background. People from a town about 20 minutes away came and burned the jungle without asking permission or giving a penny to the local people. I can't imagine what it must have been like for this boy to have a beautiful, cool jungle to play in one day, and be faced with this hot, awful wasteland the next By photographer Neil Wade
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  • An elderly woman with a bandage on her head as a cure for a toothache (headache?) in Muang Ngoi Neu, Laos PDR. By photographer Neil Wade
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