I spent 30 days in Jan/Feb travelling around Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Stunningly beautiful countries, and quite thought provoking as well. Anyway, took a few "woody" photos!
Beating an edge onto a blade in a Lao village using a Vietnam War era unexploded shell as an anvil. Hopefully the detonator at least has been removed.
Cutting firewood with a bow saw.
Building sites are the same the world over, apart from the unguarded blades with no splitter or riving knife of course.
Boat repairs at Luang Prabang, Laos.
Teak stands have been planted all over. Anything of a decent size near a road was cut down long ago, but there should be areasonable supply again in abot 20 - 30 years!
You guys have got training apprentices all wrong! You need to sit them on the extension table next to an unguarded blade with no splitter or riving knife. Nice to see that at least he's wearing a dust mask! Vang Vieng, Laos.
Carved tree roots in Vientiane, capital of Laos.
Chopping out mortises for an altar stand. Hue, central Vietnam.
Carving for an altar stand.
Hefty purlins and bracing in a traditional Vietnamese merchants house, Hoi An.
Painting the boat - Hoi An.
Coracle, Hoi An
Boat repairs, Hoi An.
Carved wooden lintel, Ankkor Wat, Cambodia.
Link here to our online album if anyone wants a taste of warmth in the winter. This was our first time to Indo China, and it blew us away. Stunning scenery, great food, lovely people, and very interesting and thought provoking historically as well. But it's changing fast - if anyone plans to go, then go soon before it becomes too westernised.
Beating an edge onto a blade in a Lao village using a Vietnam War era unexploded shell as an anvil. Hopefully the detonator at least has been removed.
Cutting firewood with a bow saw.
Building sites are the same the world over, apart from the unguarded blades with no splitter or riving knife of course.
Boat repairs at Luang Prabang, Laos.
Teak stands have been planted all over. Anything of a decent size near a road was cut down long ago, but there should be areasonable supply again in abot 20 - 30 years!
You guys have got training apprentices all wrong! You need to sit them on the extension table next to an unguarded blade with no splitter or riving knife. Nice to see that at least he's wearing a dust mask! Vang Vieng, Laos.
Carved tree roots in Vientiane, capital of Laos.
Chopping out mortises for an altar stand. Hue, central Vietnam.
Carving for an altar stand.
Hefty purlins and bracing in a traditional Vietnamese merchants house, Hoi An.
Painting the boat - Hoi An.
Coracle, Hoi An
Boat repairs, Hoi An.
Carved wooden lintel, Ankkor Wat, Cambodia.
Link here to our online album if anyone wants a taste of warmth in the winter. This was our first time to Indo China, and it blew us away. Stunning scenery, great food, lovely people, and very interesting and thought provoking historically as well. But it's changing fast - if anyone plans to go, then go soon before it becomes too westernised.
