Dear Matthew Hersmann, My name is Francis Liew and I am a Chinese Malaysian. In March this year 2013, I will be backpacking with some friends to Laos. Imagine myself going to a country I know nothing about until I stumbled on your homepage. Now I am more confident after viewing your photographs on Ventiane, VangVieng and Luang Prabang. Thanks heaps for the visual information. Your photographs on the three places mentioned above are stunningly beautiful and informative.