Young Akha woman, ban namat mai
Probably my best known image. It was illegally copied and used for publicity by local travel agents. I eventually used it quite a bit in various travel sites and photosites, to try and publicise my own site.
Unfortunately, I cannot lay my hands on her name right now. i met her on my second visit to Ban Namat Mai in April 2003. She would have been about 16, not yet married. I met her last time I was in LN in january this year. she was 20, recently married and heavily pregnant.