Travels in Laos

Matt Welsh

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Luang Prabang

A flowerpot fashioned from an old U.S.-made bombshell, incongrously placed on the grounds of one of the temples in Luang Prabang. Laos was heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, and even today a large amount of unexploded ordinance is buried in the ground, causing a number of injuries and deaths each year. We often saw old bombs being used in various ways, including longer shells split in half lengthwise and used as fenceposts!


Photograph Copyright (c)2002 by Matt Welsh and Amy Bauer. All rights reserved.