We're in the final three weeks of our 2009 Dream Trip Contest. You have until July 31 to enter for a chance to win a $25,000 vacation to wherever you choose. So far, we've had more than 14,000 contenders. For inspiration for your own entry, read our take on a submission that caught our eye:

Today's highlighted Dream Trip entry comes from entrant jmaceda, who snapped this image at a Lao New Year parade in Luang Prabang.

"Most other children I saw that day were celebrating by taking part in the traditional citywide water fight," writes jmaceda in the Dream Trip entry "Laotian Girl." "This girl was so serious and beautiful in her costume that she appeared to me both young and innocent, and wise beyond her years."

Share your travel photos and memories in our 2009 Dream Trip Contest. You could be just a few clicks away from a $25,000 trip to anywhere you choose.