Some of my pictures will soon be published!

I got an email earlier from a small regional Asian magazine which wanted to do an article on elephant polo in Thailand and wanted to use some of the pictures that I took at the Anantara Golden Triangle and its elephant camp back in February 2008. I have told them that they are free to select whichever pictures best suit the feature and I will let you know as soon as I find out which ones will be used. In the meantime, I've included a couple of pictures from Anantara.

The weird things we drink, Pt. I

The Mexicans have their Tequila worms and the Laotians have their... snakes and scorpions.

At the small island of Don Sao in Laos (note to would be travellers: stay away), I saw dozens of bottles lined up at market stalls. As I got closer I could see that they all contained the local specialty: rice whisky with snakes or with scorpions.

Whisky Sour, anyone?