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Looks like bicycle riding bandit. :)
2 months agoErring on the side of caution. Very wise cycle touring tactic.
2 months agoThat was the original schoolhouse, the new one is on the left.
2 months agoThat is a naga, a river spirit. This one is extra protective of the Buddha. When you arrive at the Mekong, watch for swirls in the water, nagas live there.
2 months agoA skink. Possibly a longtail mabuya.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38021-Eutropis-longicaudata/browse_photos
Could not find that caterpillar... Strange! Somewhat like some family Nymphalidae butterfly caterpillars.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47922-Nymphalidae/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=6&place_id=97395
Some kind of garden orbweaver.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47552-Argiope
Maybe a spikemoss species?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58771-Selaginella/browse_photos?place_id=97395
Looks like photos of Noble'd Helen.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/794355-Papilio-noblei/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=2
I'm surprised that they didn't press the lao lao on you, that can be tricky because it's lethal weapons grade but one doesn't want to insult the host either.
2 months agoEven in Luang Prabang you'll see tiny songbirds in the morning market, it's appalling. We have heard a few birds but only at night while camping in the middle of nowhere. It's really, really sad.
2 months agoSo interesting that a plant from Mexico and Central America has made its way in the remote highland areas of Laos.
2 months agoThat is a khaen/kaen/khene/pick your spelling. It's part of the great Isaan/Lao musical genre and I hope you get to hear some of that.
2 months agoSome species of impatiens. (there are hundreds!) Only Impatiens rubricolor seems to match this photo.
https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/1123320-Impatiens-rubricolor
The kid looks as if they might have pellagra.
2 months ago