In Laos people eat all animals. On our caving trips we often saw locals out hunting, with nets and baskets looking for anything that moved. They also go into caves to catch bats. And we often saw bird traps and sticky strings hanging from trees to catch birds. Consequently we saw very few live birds and virtually no other animals at all.
These photos were taken in the morning, and in January, which is why everyone is wearing coats.
On my 2008 visit I saw no bush meat in the market. I don't know the reason, but I wondered if the supply had been exhausted.
temple decorations? -
fish probably from Mekong, and some large fish -
squirrels, racer snake, buffalo (above), bamboo rat (below)
Colourful veg , rice -
buffalo parts
fresh sausages
bats
mammal,bird, chilli and sauce; birds (below)
bats and seafood; frogs (below)
racer snake minus the head
"Doughnuts"
birds, squirrel, bats -
fruit bat
nice display -
making a sale
cooking
hill tribe lady
birds, squirrel -
See more on bush meat. And the tourist night market, and Luang Prabang street scenes and temples and Phou Si hill and Mekong scenes.
© Liz Price
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why laos peoples like to eat such things....
ReplyDeleteIt looks like vampire
ReplyDeleteVampire bats don't exist in Asia, only S.America !
ReplyDeleteI don't know - because they are free?
ReplyDeleteIn neighbouring Cambodia people don't eat bats. I don't know why. Both are Buddhist countries, so it can't be religion.
Have you taken this before ? I did, cooked dry curry, wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI can make a taxidermy out of this if you pass one to me.
ReplyDeleteNo never tried, it, Never had the chance.
ReplyDeleteI don't presume you can bring 4 frozen ones for me to cook, do you ? I have no way to get them now-a-days.
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