Phonsavan War Debris Pictures
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Flower pot in a Pagoda in Louang Phabang. Spent munitions used as decorations on a bridge in Vang Vieng.
Plain of Jars warning notice put up by the British Mines Advisory Group MAG. It warns visitors to keep within the white markers. This is the path that has been checked for unexploded ordnance buried in the soil. Margaret at site 2 about to embark on the safe path to site 3.
Bomblet from a cluster bomb still visible in an area not cleared of unexploded ordnance. Our guide points to a hole in a bomb crater dug by children looking for scrap metal to sell to get money for school books and pencils.
Bomb craters on a hillside. Beside them is land ploughed for tree planting. All agricultural land must be checked for unexploded ordnance before it can be used. Bomb crater beside one of the stone jars at Site 1. All of the jar sites have been checked for unexploded ordnance.
Old army helmet used as a water baler in a family garden. Margaret inspects a russian armoured personnel carrier, probably used by the Vietnamese army. This has been kept in place as a tourist attraction, otherwise it would be used as scrap metal.
