Photos of SouthEast Asia

Our trip was organized by Overseas Adventure Travel and called Ancient Kingdoms.

We visited the countries and sites in the order shown below.
The Post trip refers to our purchase of an extension afterward.

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Map of SouthEast Asia
Myanmar     Yangon - largest city,   Bagan - balloon ride,   Mandalay - 2nd largest city
Thailand     Ayutthaya,   Long-tail boat ride,   salt farming,   Ratchaburi on the Mekong River
Laos     Luang Prabang - UNESCO World Heritage City,   Vientiane - capital and largest city
Cambodia     Phnom Penh - capital,   Siem Riep - Angkor region
Vietnam     Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Saigon,   Mekong Delta
Thailand post trip     Hellfire Pass,   Hintok River camp,   Elephants World,   Chiang Saen,   Golden Triangle and Opium Museum,   Long Neck Karen Village,   Doi Suthep Temple,   Maetaman Elephant Camp
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Myanmar

Myanmar
Yangon, formerly Rangoon.
Myanmar
Yangon
The script is interesting.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Yangon
Well-known hotel.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Yangon
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Yangon
Myanmar
Yangon
Below the bridge
Myanmar
Yangon
Above the bridge
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Yangon
Myanmar
Yangon
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
I took a walk away from the hotel to see this lake.
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
Myanmar
Yangon
Kandawgi Lake
This playground was adjacent to the lake's parking area.
Myanmar
Yangon
Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda - reclining Buddha
A short cab ride from the hotel.
Myanmar
Yangon
Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda - reclining Buddha
Myanmar
Yangon
Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda - reclining Buddha
Myanmar
Yangon
Kalaywa Tawya Monastery
Myanmar
Yangon
Kalaywa Tawya Monastery
Myanmar
Yangon
Kalaywa Tawya Monastery
Myanmar
Yangon
Kalaywa Tawya Monastery
Myanmar
Yangon
Shwedagon Pagoda
Myanmar
Yangon
Shwedagon Pagoda
Myanmar
Yangon
Shwedagon Pagoda
Myanmar
Yangon
Shwedagon Pagoda
Myanmar
Bagan
Our group with the guide in the middle.
Myanmar
Bagan
What is she carrying?
Myanmar
Bagan
Looks like American money at her knee.
Myanmar
Bagan
We went for a balloon ride with our needing to be there before the sun was up. Here is the container that we are to ride in.
Myanmar
Bagan
The balloon is being blown up.
Myanmar
Bagan
Now you see the size of the balloons.
Myanmar
Bagan
It is a large enterprise with many balloons.
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Bagan
So we are up.
Myanmar
Bagan
So we are up.
Myanmar
Bagan
Myanmar
Bagan
Myanmar
Bagan
Myanmar
Bagan
Myanmar
Bagan
Myanmar
Bagan
Our pilots support Nancy.
Myanmar
Bagan
Going on a carriage ride.
Myanmar
Bagan
Going on a carriage ride.
Myanmar
Bagan
At our destination.
Myanmar
Bagan
At our destination.
Myanmar
Bagan
We were taken to a puppet and dance show.
Myanmar
Bagan
We were taken to a puppet and dance show.
Myanmar
Bagan
We were taken to a puppet and dance show.
Myanmar
Bagan
We were taken to a puppet and dance show.
Myanmar
Mandalay
Myanmar
Mandalay
Are they pounding gold?
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Thailand

Thailand
Bangkok Airport
Thailand
Ayutthaya
Thailand
Ayutthaya
Two temples
Thailand
Ayutthaya
Thailand
Ayutthaya
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Leaving port.
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Long-tail boat ride on Chao Phraya River
Thailand
Salt farming
Thailand
Salt farming
Thailand
Salt farming
Thailand
Salt farming
Thailand
Ratchaburi on the Mekong River
Thailand
Ratchaburi on the Mekong River
Thailand
Ratchaburi on the Mekong River
Thailand
Damnoen Saduak floating market
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Laos

Laos was the third country we visited.
Luang Prabang
Hmong hill tribe
Laos
Luang Prabang
Hmong hill tribe
Laos
Luang Prabang
Wat Xieng Thong
Laos
Luang Prabang
Laos
Luang Prabang
Laos
Luang Prabang
Footbridge over the Nam Khan river.
Laos
Luang Prabang
Primary school
Laos
Luang Prabang
Buddhist monks on their daily round begging for food.
Laos
Luang Prabang
A city street.
Laos
Luang Prabang
Laos
Luang Prabang
Laos
Luang Prabang
Laos
Luang Prabang
A familiar shopper. Tour guide is in foreground.
Laos
Vientiane
COPE is a local non-profit organisation created in 1997 by a group of non-governmental organisations, in partnership with the Lao Ministry of Health, to support the Centre for Medical Rehabilitation and help ensure that people with physical disabilities have local, affordable access to quality, nationally-managed rehabilitation services. Currently, COPE’s support enables the Centre for Medical Rehabilitation to provide approximately 1,200 prosthetic and orthotic devices annually to people living with disabilities, indirectly benefitting a much larger group of people including their families and local communities.
Laos
Vientiane
Pha That Luang
Laos
Vientiane
Pha That Luang
Laos
Vientiane
Pha That Luang
Laos
Vientiane
Pha That Luang
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Vientiane
View from Patuxai (literally meaning Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph). This is a war monument in the centre of Vientiane, Laos, built between 1957 and 1968. The Patuxai was dedicated to those who fought in the struggle for independence from France. It is also called Patuxai Arch or the Arc de Triomphe of Vientiane as it resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. However, it is typically Laotian in design, decorated with mythological creatures such as the kinnari (half-female, half-bird). The monument was built using American funds and cement actually intended to build a new airport. The Royal Laotian Government instead built the monument, which earned it the nickname of the "vertical runway".
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
Laos
Vientiane
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Vientiane
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Vientiane
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Vientiane
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Cambodia

Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
On the banks of the Tonlé Sap, Mekong, and Bassac Rivers, Phnom Penh is the capital and home to more than 2 million people, approximately 14% of the Cambodian population.
A hotel entrance.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
The hotel's Buddhist shrine is along the side of the building.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
The same hotel.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Inside the hotel.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
We were taken to an amusement park.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Royal Palace.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Royal Palace.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Royal Palace.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Royal Palace.
Cambodia
Phnom Penh.
Royal Palace.
Cambodia
We are on the way to the Angkor Wat temple near Siem Riep.
Cambodia
Cambodia
Entrance to Angkor Thom, a city near Siem Riep. Angkor Thom (Khmer, literally: "Great City") was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII.
Cambodia
Seen as we enter Angkor Wat. About a mile from Angkor Thom.
Cambodia
Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world. The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived. Towards the end of the 12th century, Angkor Wat gradually transformed from a Hindu centre of worship to Buddhism, which continues to the present day. Angkor Wat was largely neglected after the 16th century.
Cambodia
Angkor Wat.
Cambodia
Angkor Wat.
The tour group with the guide.
Cambodia
Angkor Wat.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration among its members and other countries in Asia.
Cambodia
Angkor Wat. At the Ta Prohm Temple.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
In the modern city near Angkor Wat we visited the shop Artisans Angkor.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
Here is an example of what Artisans Angkor produces.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
We visited the Angkor National Museum.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
In the vicinity.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
Notice the red Buddhist display at the right that we commonly saw at homes and shops.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
Cambodia
Siem Riep.
Nancy went on a buffalo cart ride.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
We went to a place called Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
Cambodia
Siem Riep vicinity.
Floating Village.
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Vietnam

Vietnam was the fifth country that we visited.
Reunification Palace, seen upon entering Ho Chi Minh City (former name: Saigon)
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Entering Ho Cho Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City
Railroad station.
Vietnam
Inside the railroad station.
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Inside the railraod station.
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Outside the railroad station.
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Our lunch.
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Downtown at night in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Downtown at night.
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Downtown at night.
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Downtown at night.
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Downtown at night.
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Downtown at night.
Vietnam
Downtown at night.
Vietnam
At a traffic light.
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Saigon Tech at the Reunification Palace. (Zoom in to see the photo better.)
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Commercial street.
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Commercial street.
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At night.
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At night.
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Rice Paper Village.
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Altar.
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Hardware shop?
Vietnam
Sampan ride in Mekong delta.
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House on the river.
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Wealthier house on the river.
Vietnam
Interesting house on the river.
Vietnam
Fish hatchery?
Vietnam
Commercial boats.
Vietnam
Commercial boat.
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Logo of High Technology Lubricants on the exterior wall of their office.
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Tour guide Henry, his father, and us, at the father's home.
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Thailand post trip

Thailand post trip
Hellfire Pass
Thailand post trip
Hellfire Pass
Thailand post trip
Hellfire Pass
Thailand post trip
Hintok River camp
Thailand post trip
Hintok River camp
Thailand post trip
Hintok River camp
Thailand post trip
Hintok River camp
Thailand post trip
Elephants World
Thailand post trip
Elephants World
Thailand post trip
Elephants World
Thailand post trip
Elephants World
Thailand post trip
Chiang Saen
Thailand post trip
Chiang Saen
Thailand post trip
Chiang Saen
Thailand post trip
Chiang Saen
Thailand post trip
Golden Triangle and Opium Museum
The Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai Province is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers.
Thailand post trip
Golden Triangle and Opium Museum
Thailand post trip
Golden Triangle and Opium Museum
Thailand post trip
Golden Triangle and Opium Museum
Thailand post trip
Long Neck Karen Village in Chiang Rai Province
Thailand post trip
Long Neck Karen Village
Thailand post trip
Long Neck Karen Village
Thailand post trip
Long Neck Karen Village
Thailand post trip
Long Neck Karen Village
Thailand post trip
At Wat Rong Khun, near Chiang Mai.
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Doi Suthep Temple
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
Thailand post trip
Maetaman Elephant Camp
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