Vittles

The Lao villagers count far more on what they can harvest, hunt, or catch, rather than what they can buy. Everything that walks, flies, slithers, slinks or swims is a potential food source.

Small creeks are often dammed for the season, and fish weirs placed to gather finny food.

In June, the next wet season will wash most of these dams away. The end of the monsoon will find the farm harvest taken in and dams and fish traps replaced.