Fourteen-year-old vendor in Vientiane. I bought a Tiger Balm to get this photo from this tough bargainer. He said 10,000 (at 10,000 kip to the dollar), I said 5,000, he said 6,000, 6,000, 6,000, I said okay to 6,000 with photo. Later he approached me again and I tried to sell the Tiger Balm back to him for 10,000, and he said, "Oh, cheap! Good price!" and felt in his pockets and shrugged "No money."

Street vendor on the river road in Vientiane.

Street vendor in Vientiane.

Vietnamese street vendors in Vientiane.

Kids in Luang Prabang. The older sister wanted a print of the photo on the spot.

Hmong grandmother with child, about 40km up the river from Luang Prabang.

Joey, river boat captain, with a ceremonial boat in the yard of Wat Xieng Maen in Chom Phet, his village across the Mekong from Luang Prabang.