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7 Shots: The Best Of The Best – #6

03 Monday Feb 2014

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When I started this series of posts it was not my intention to spread my shots out over the SE Asian countries I’ve visited, but that seems to be where I’m headed. So Laos, and Luang Prabang is today’s lucky winner. Using the determination that the Best Of The Best 7 Shots means those photographs that immediately transport you back to a time and place and stir your memories of a trip, for Luang Prabang any shot with a steep flight of stairs in it would do the job. And any with both those stairs and a monk would be perfect – there are lots of both in the World Heritage town.

But our hotel was right next to where the morning market (and night market too) was held, and we started off every morning walking through the stalls, picking out fresh produce to take back to our hotel to be cooked for our breakfast. Which meant Noom picking out fish and me grumbling about how much I detest fish in any form.

But payback’s a bitch and that meant Noom had to spend his mornings attempting to explain what all of the strange foods we encountered were. Except for betel nuts. Thanks to years spent in Hawaii and overseeing a Pacific Islander gardening crew, I bought some, borrowed some tobacco, lime powder, and rolling papers to make a chewing wad, and popped it in my mouth with a big smile. The look on Noom’s face was priceless. And would have made the money shot if I’d taken it. But this one works just a well.

I’m not sure what these ladies were selling, but from the look of their haul, it was a profitable morning. You can’t beat a morning that ends up with a basket full of cash. I just hope they didn’t use those proceeds to buy some fish for breakfast.

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20 Tuesday Aug 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Luang Prabang, Travel Photography

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I appreciate that my friend Noom attempts to share in those activities I tend to enjoy. Like him being straight and still participating in gay sex. Since in Thailand I’m rarely without a camera, Noom too decided he needed to be a photographer, which – much like the gay sex thingy – only required that I pay for it. He only carries his camera when we officially go on a trip, but takes a lot of photos when we do. Almost as many as I do when he hands me his camera to take a shot of him standing in front of some local landmark.

Noom is quite the photo connoisseur when it comes to the pictures I take. With his photographic endeavors, not so much. At the end of our day’s outing, he goes through my shots on the computer, deleting all those that do not meet his standards. His, of course, are all keepers. No problemo. He shares his with me and I can delete them to my heart’s content later when he’s not around.

This would be one of those. Overexposed with some touri in the photo ruining the shot, between the two of us we had enough decent shots of this wat in Luang Prabang that this one was headed for the trash can. Until I took a closer look at it. Noom is selective in what he photographs. There’s always a reason behind the shot. Especially if he is not in it. I had to zoom in before discovering why he took this one. And that’s all it took to turn it into a keeper.

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Monk Smiles

23 Thursday May 2013

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Kidding. This is just the latest edition to my Monk Shot! category of posts, but since I’ve done both cute kitten and cute puppy posts this week already I’d thought I’d continue with my new Mr. Rogers persona. While any monk is a good monk to photograph in my book, I’m often drawn more to baby monks and ancient ones. But I don’t know if the baby monks should really be considered monks. First because they are not, they are novices. And second because their saffron robs are more the SE Asian version of the uniform worn at parochial schools in the States. Though I don’t believe the SE Asian version is responsible for quite as many sexual fantasies; I doubt if being a novice monk is as rife with the danger for abuse as is being an altar boy.

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I took these photos in Luang Prabang, a town overflowing with baby monks. Most are students at any one of the hundreds of local wats. And most seem to spend as much time gathered with friends doing what kids do the world over as they do practicing to be little Buddhas. Even in uniform, they still manage to show their own unique personalty – whaddya want to bet that kid with the jazzy yellow hat is the cool one in his class?

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Monk Shot! #56

15 Friday Feb 2013

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Buddhist monks have such an exotic and serene aura about them it’s no wonder that I’m attracted to them as a photographic subject. Having a thing for saffron doesn’t hurt either. Wizened old faces always grab my attention, but SE Asia’s youth bundled up in monk robes are equally of a draw. And Luang Prabang is on of the best locals for running across baby monks. Kids being kids as they are the world over, serenity isn’t part of baby monks’ charm very often, but then when one flashes a glorious smile like this, who cares?

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Ubiquitous Plastic Stool Shot! #19

02 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by Bangkokbois in Luang Prabang, Travel Photography, Ubiquitous Plastic Stool Shot!

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That much red, that many Ubiquitous Plastic Stools, it’s gotta get your blood pumping.

Apologies. I really should have warned y’all before posting this. I know, it’s almost too much at one time. A shock to the senses, but at least those of you in the U.S. have a three day weekend to recuperate. Maybe if they were blue the impact wouldn’t be so traumatic, but just think of all the pleasant fantasies your mind will play out reliving this photo again and again.

Surprisingly, there is no specific word for a group of Ubiquitous Plastic Stools. Or maybe it’s just time someone started a Wikipedia page to share their knowledge. A ‘stack’ of Ubiquitous Plastic Stools works, but then that doesn’t fit if they are not stacked, or in a case like this one where the stacks are numerous. I’m thinking a ‘harem’ of Ubiquitous Plastic Stools is a good choice. What say you?

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Bonus Shot: Being Loose in Laos

01 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by Bangkokbois in Luang Prabang, Travel Photography

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As a follow up to my recent post on fashion dos and please for the sake of the children don’ts for touri visiting Thailand, I thought I’d share with you one of the reasons Luang Prabang is not one of Pattaya’s sexpats’ favorite weekend getaways. Besides being a World Heritage City, Luang Prabang is home to about 1,000 wats. There are monks everywhere you look, most of them young and attending school at any one of the numerous schools financed by foreigners. It’s not a party town, nor do the locals want it to become a scene for Girls Gone Wild. Hot and humid as most of SE Asia is, previous visitors, undoubtedly of the backpacker persuasion, have left their stamp on the city and the city has responded by trying to stamp that trash out.

Signs abound, notably in English and not the local language, instructing visitors on the proper decorum for dress. They pop up at the airport to catch touri on arrival, and are prominently displayed throughout town. There are also a large number of signs that explain how not to behave when observing monks making the alms rounds in the morning, which many visitors assume is some local pageant put on for their amusement instead of the integral part of local culture that it is.

Sometimes I think there should be a test required before a passport is issued to people.

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28 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by Bangkokbois in Luang Prabang, Travel Photography

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Some years ago it became popular in the U.S. to hold a ‘Take Your Kid To Work Day’ that was supposed to boost employee morale. I’m not sure that having a bunch of rug rats running through the office was a good idea, nor was the expected resulting pride in their parental unit’s job that forthcoming when little Johnnie asked why daddy spent his entire day toiling in a small cubicle. Sometime you don’t have to think too hard to figure out why the rest of the world finds Americans so funny.

Hauling you kid to your workplace isn’t optional for others in the world. Day care is an extended family concern that often means packing the kids up and taking them along with you. Then mom or dad gets busy trying to make a buck and the kids are left to fend for themselves. It’s not unusual to see vendor’s children trying to amuse themselves at street markets in SE Asia. And they can often be quite entertaining.

This little tyke with her mom at the morning market in Luang Prabang tuned the world out while she played with her new toy: a raw egg. Though not quite at the level of a Game Boy as toys go, it held her attention. I guess it’s nice for kids in the west to have computerized games and portable videos to keep them occupied, but I have to wonder if that constant sensory input doesn’t retard the natural imagination and creativity of children. I think this little Laotian girl may be getting the better end of the deal. And at least she knows what she’ll be having for lunch.

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03 Sunday Jun 2012

Posted by Bangkokbois in Luang Prabang, Travel Photography

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I really enjoyed my short visit to Luang Prabang and want to go back and spend longer in the sleepy little town. By luck, the hotel we stayed at was right next to the morning market. If you are not a sound sleeper, that would be bad luck; the market starts early, before the sun is up, and the locals are not quiet about it.

After mainlining a suitable amount of caffeine, we took a stroll through the market every morning. Incredible photo ops everywhere you looked. Fortunately I had my friend Noom with me, and as I often do, shot an arched eyebrow to elicit an explanation for those things vendors were peddling that I couldn’t identify. Unfortunately, like most Thais, he won’t admit when he doesn’t know something. His fall back answer for unknown foodstuff is, “Dat rice.”

I dunno. Maybe it is. Maybe in this instance he got it right. But then the snicker the vendor let out tends to make me think there may have been a bit more to the story.

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