1) Walkabout S/E Asia. Evening bathing and laundry duties in the Naam Som River!!

1) Walkabout S/E Asia. Evening bathing and laundry duties in the Naam Som River!!

I am going to upload a collection of walkabout street scenes.
Walking down the road one evening I arrived at the bridge crossing the Naam Som River in Vang-Vieng Laos.
Here I noticed large groups of Laotian folk bathing and washing their clothing, this ritual is carried out twice daily.
Here you can see a young lady washing her clothing.
They arrive fully clothed, wrap a skirt around there bodies and strip from their garments.
Then all their clothes are placed in a bucket filled with water and soap and left on the bank.
Next they soap their bodies and have a good body wash, followed by the laundry duties.
Then dry themselves and dress in fresh clothing before heading home.
I stopped for a while, and though how we westerners would fair, walking down to a local river to carry out our daily hygiene duties twice a day, come rain, hail or steaming weather???
Think about it when you hop into the shower today?
I hope that you find some interesting scenes Brigitte?
Have a wonderfully happy day my friends.

Walkabout John.