An editorial note: I'm using the swype system on my phone virtual keyboard because it's much faster than the thumb method but sometimes a completely different and unrelated word pops up. I try to catch those during a quick proofreading but time is limited so if a strange word is in the text I apologize and you'll have to puzzle out the meaning.
About the photos, they are taken with my phone using available light to emphasize the natural settings. A side effect is slow shutter speeds in low light situations with sometimes blurry results. I usually delete such but sometimes the shot is the only one of that particular subject so, another apology.
Back to the high road.
Along the way we stopped at a Tai family's compound. They were a very gracious and happy family. The parents were 28 and 26 and had three lovely children.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY4DGiYqI2TOgLggGMCoAa-SCVA-wt-XkiJO-OfqyzUOs0lgwf2WAlgGqYTIkxi6ZZkM7hVeKBIQs6Gnc4YwofKAJ8KQxvf5psgW-c0vb2T03430Hvq0GkFO1IXAC7QjO_voLmocsmGzQ/s350/1435972861918.jpeg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHMQtRiC_0-eDckqTB84M3UdfyggM2NmhpmCYnxk9W5lkFyV1zO__U5QpmR5DK8yktMiRISSFLwoinwHN1S0VnkkJRK5SRvELK9jCFS3Y4pDpqwRCE6PtK46HcAa4iY0NNMaN1puN6Vux/s350/1435972868189.jpeg)
Cooking bamboo shoots gathered from the forest. To be sold to the Vietnamese, as our guide says.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDlBNouSIKs1P-sZlrXnEKuB19ZuzHA5iSMl5DQVEexFtAsN2QyVAyohFyPBXobjKPX5ZvHBurMssGCFSqdhYjIVsGO3qqtppyW7pooZrTyh5QxoVM2kqgWrUNLnG7sCI_ZyNI0MhZSlH/s350/1435972874936.jpeg)
Justin presented a soccer ball to the children.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI6J6kcBSJsrYo2WNJ5MZpoRBhmKBRsCib7AUuAmbZy41BOZKspyXEgWB0VYyYvjbkud2FRQerF18d6mhYiPN_ALORgS6LskyJZ9q3w-w31ihZVa7-DMFsOFbs135HwWfWo7dHikvejtJ/s350/1435972880571.jpeg)
We said goodbye and rode for Dien Bien Phu, or Dien Bien as the government is trying to shorten some of the longer place names.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsSdkthpywSHl8NCmg-8Mr2QXGZXb0o8JSIuKAqXHvochP0dJh63MO_9C6QmL8K90m9izQbeZzKWfBScElXVD41hA4KsRZultX15pX78rlKTWGyBvbElKlhR9aE5DE5r59PN7m0V9X44k/s350/1435972889995.jpeg)
About the photos, they are taken with my phone using available light to emphasize the natural settings. A side effect is slow shutter speeds in low light situations with sometimes blurry results. I usually delete such but sometimes the shot is the only one of that particular subject so, another apology.
Back to the high road.
Along the way we stopped at a Tai family's compound. They were a very gracious and happy family. The parents were 28 and 26 and had three lovely children.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY4DGiYqI2TOgLggGMCoAa-SCVA-wt-XkiJO-OfqyzUOs0lgwf2WAlgGqYTIkxi6ZZkM7hVeKBIQs6Gnc4YwofKAJ8KQxvf5psgW-c0vb2T03430Hvq0GkFO1IXAC7QjO_voLmocsmGzQ/s350/1435972861918.jpeg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHMQtRiC_0-eDckqTB84M3UdfyggM2NmhpmCYnxk9W5lkFyV1zO__U5QpmR5DK8yktMiRISSFLwoinwHN1S0VnkkJRK5SRvELK9jCFS3Y4pDpqwRCE6PtK46HcAa4iY0NNMaN1puN6Vux/s350/1435972868189.jpeg)
Cooking bamboo shoots gathered from the forest. To be sold to the Vietnamese, as our guide says.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDlBNouSIKs1P-sZlrXnEKuB19ZuzHA5iSMl5DQVEexFtAsN2QyVAyohFyPBXobjKPX5ZvHBurMssGCFSqdhYjIVsGO3qqtppyW7pooZrTyh5QxoVM2kqgWrUNLnG7sCI_ZyNI0MhZSlH/s350/1435972874936.jpeg)
Justin presented a soccer ball to the children.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI6J6kcBSJsrYo2WNJ5MZpoRBhmKBRsCib7AUuAmbZy41BOZKspyXEgWB0VYyYvjbkud2FRQerF18d6mhYiPN_ALORgS6LskyJZ9q3w-w31ihZVa7-DMFsOFbs135HwWfWo7dHikvejtJ/s350/1435972880571.jpeg)
We said goodbye and rode for Dien Bien Phu, or Dien Bien as the government is trying to shorten some of the longer place names.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsSdkthpywSHl8NCmg-8Mr2QXGZXb0o8JSIuKAqXHvochP0dJh63MO_9C6QmL8K90m9izQbeZzKWfBScElXVD41hA4KsRZultX15pX78rlKTWGyBvbElKlhR9aE5DE5r59PN7m0V9X44k/s350/1435972889995.jpeg)
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