"Live the Cover!" Contest: Spain

Great Travel Moment

I had read of the Pak Ou caves near Luang Prabang, Laos, and they sounded like just the kind of thing that I would enjoy. In 2003 a friend and I headed to Luang Prabang. Naturally, our Guest House owner had a cousin or uncle or some sort of relative that would be happy to take us up to the caves (for a“small” fee, of course). We started out early in the morning; just my buddy, the boat owner and his sun, and me. Our little boat was no more than 3 or 4 feet wide. We happily puttered up the Mekong River. Our lazy meandering occasionally blasted apart by incredibly fast, incredibly loud,“fast boat/ taxis” The caves, I thought, were beautiful. Although, I heard some people that came by a different boat complaining:“This is it?! What a waste of a day”. The caves contain thousands of old statues of the Buddha. I took many, many rolls of film: both 35mm and“Holga Plastic Camera” This one is my favorite