Album 22
(14 March to 2 May 1999)
Thailand is the developed world (for Asia) and it's good news, bad news...
There are banana pancakes!
There is Nintendo!
There are Lady boys!
Of course, there is the sex industry (and the men attracted to it)
(photo by Ivan Basic)
and alternative lifestyle.
They have the leisure to party
(Songkran is a religious festival turned into carnival)
as well as maintain tradition.
(boys "coming of age" in Mae Hong Song)
All this was fun, but Ivan visited and that was better!
(photo by Sandra Basic)
(well - at least for our makeup...)
Exhausted by the good life, we headed back into the 3rd world - Cambodia
Of course, there are benefits.. cheap dope ($1/100g) and good eats,
(photo by Sandra Basic)
(Irena, moi and Taj, the king of travelers)
exotic temples at Angkor Wat (better than the pyramids at Giza),
(photo by Sandra Basic)
the sweet people, trying to overcome the (usual) corrupt government
and a racy nightlife (made more exciting by the
risk of death at the hands of robbers while going home).
The best thing is the kids - they are lovely!
(photo by Sandra Basic)
Next stop - Vietnam. The Evil Empire lives on...
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