RUSSIAN ELDERS

OFF TO BURMA... OFF THE CONNECTED WORLD
Time do head to Myanmar. Two weeks in the beloved land of smiles, of shadows, of fear. My travel plans there are not clear, and even if they were it would be better not to announce them on line. They will change daily anyway, given the punctual obstacles created...Just to say that I'll be back in Bangkok around December 13th...Oh, yes: Max has a new apartment here in Bangkok. This is HIS private view... Don't jump!

WHERE ARE THE PROSTITUTES? WHERE ARE THE PEDOPHILES?
We (me and Massimo Morello) were really enraged last night. We were told on how some colleagues, or kind of, and obviously with a larger wallet and narrower experience, on a well paid assignment in Cambodia, were asking to visit the "brothel area" in Phnom Pe

HANDS ON... HANDS OFF... CAMBODIA'S UNCERTAINTY..
"Nice nails, miss... but keep that passport behind... please?" She pushes her way to the hole in the customs window, on the Thai-Cambodia border. Standing in line is not the national sport here, but the farang (foreigners) still gain some respect, or contempt... enough to keep your posit

ONE VISA FOR HELL, ONE FOR NIRVANA...
Got the Visa to enter Burma, once again... This time it sounded less obvious, even if they say the country is "opening"... I really thought they would deny me the possibility to go back into the land I really love, as photographer as well as traveler..My first time there was in 1998, and very little h

WHILE MY ICE IS MELTING...
When the sun is hot (really hot) and you need a break, you seat and drink.. Here, in Malacca, the day was really hot.. They say that a Coke is as good as Polase to reintegrate your salts.. But even a Coke is no help when the heat cooks your brain. So my mind wanders as my iPhone takes pictures of the melting ic