Category: Stranger

Can I Clear Your Walk?

The Russian winter is long and fraught with snowstorms, it would be a dereliction of one’s duties to not have a shovel at hand.

A boat driver in Thailand

Thai Boat Captains

Even the most challenging American skiffs look effortless compared to the boats in Thailand. The propeller, mounted ten feet behind the boat, is attached to a small car…

Thai Tree Cutter

The Tree Destruction Artist

It would be a mistake to assume that this guy is protected, the rope is there to lower tree limbs. This man’s life is in his own hands,…

Same Same But Different

There’s a cliche among people who travel in South East Asia. Same Same But Different. Or, more often, Same Same. The saying epitomizes a lack of appreciation for the local culture…

Working at the Dubai Dry Docks

The United Arab Emirates is a country of immigrants and expats. 80% of the population was born somewhere else. The men in this picture come from places like…

A family on a scooter in Vietnam

The Family Minivan

My picture has one major failing: the scooter this family is packaged onto is a fancy model. The equivalent of picking up the kids from school in a…

Cambodian Tuk Tuk Driver

The Good, the Bad and the Handsome

This man is a ridiculously photogenic Cambodian Tuk Tuk driver. This puts him in a special class, as Cambodian Tuk Tuks are the most elegant. In Thailand they remind…