Ban Nammat Gao, Luang Namtha, Laos

My very first visit to Ban Namat Gao, March 03. The girls were working in the forest, clearing some land to plant rice. They had never seen me before, and were initially a bit shy about my camera. But On my next visit 3 weeks later i bought them back many prints, and after that they lost their shyness, and posed happily.