by Jonathan Look | Dec 18, 2015 | Laos, People, Photography, Travel
Next time you hear a politician boast that he wants to “carpet bomb” someplace on the planet “into oblivion” take a look at these photographs. I made these images a few weeks ago in Xieng Khuang province in Laos, a tiny nation in Southeast Asia. Laos holds the dark... 
by Jonathan Look | Nov 16, 2015 | Minimalism, Philosophy, Retirement, Travel
At first I was dying to grow up and go to high school Then I was dying to finish high school and go to college Then I was dying to finish college and start working Then I was dying to get married and have children Then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so... 
by Jonathan Look | Oct 6, 2014 | Laos, On My Mind, Philosophy, Travel
If you visit Vang Vieng, Laos there is a large airstrip along Route 13 just as you come into town. Nearly a mile long, probably 200 feet wide, the runway, now crumbling and potholed, is surrounded by residential housing, cheap restaurants and bars. Motorcycles and... 
by Jonathan Look | Jul 29, 2014 | Cambodia, Travel
It took me over a year to get around to writing this. Even now it creates a lump in my throat and makes me feel physically sickened. I am writing about a place, about 10 miles outside of Phnom Penh that, when I was in high school, was a non-descript fruit orchard... 
by Jonathan Look | Jul 24, 2014 | Adventure, On My Mind, Philosophy, Travel
I often hear from people who say they wish they could do world travel more but they don’t. They know there are thousands of reasons to travel and thousands of places in the world to see, but they stick pretty close to home. Most of them, are fully capable of devoting...
