(Wutthiphan is from Bangkok, Thailand and visited Laos in March of this year, this is from his blog, written in Thai Language, translated by yours truly, enjoy)

…I looked far, far away into the darkness that’s lit by the soft glow of the moon light, then I looked down at the water below, all of a sudden, it was somewhat shocking to me, “What crazy guy would still row the boat at this time of the night.” I whispered to myself, then to my surprise, it was that Finland guy that I met earlier, he rowed non-stop since I last saw him earlier in the evening, about 2-3 hours ago.

That guy finally rowed pass me, I sat there quietly for a moment enjoying the view, then I decided to order Lao beer just to create the mood, and high light of the evening, they gave me some crushed ice which had odd taste that I didn’t care for, so my drinking for the evening was just for certain expectation, that was to get drunk…

Then a farang couple, husband and wife (I didn’t ask, but I’m guessing) came and sat at a table nearby. I took out my tripod, hoping to get good photos of the moon, and the river below, hoping to capture the image of tonight. All of a sudden, I saw a flash coming from the farang’s table, but I didn’t pay much attention to them. Then there were the second and third flashes, it looks like they were trying to take photos of the moon, just like myself.

The moon that is 385,000 kilometers away, and taken by flash?? This farang couple took turn in taking the photos, and then shook their heads while looking at the images on their digital camera, the photos must have not been beautiful comparing to the full moon that’s right in front of them. The full moon that was round, a soft glow that cast its shadow on the water surface, so beautiful, made me think of someone, that person is far away, but the moon that I’m seeing is the same moon that she’s seeing…

See more photos HERE.