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The Emerald Triangle 1/3

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Yes, there's a returning "Candle Floats" truck —  from my last project for the Geographic Magazine featuring on documentary on the unbeknownst Candle Floats Carnival of Northerneast Thailand  a couple days prior —  bumping into us and tailgating our chartered coach while we were  racing on highway  crossing the border for my back-to-back assignment in Laos! Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe 

The Emerald Triangle 2/3

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Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe 

The Emerald Triangle 3/3

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Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe 

"Super Malaria" Keeps Spreading

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Overlooking Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam   The parasite has become resistant to almost all treatments

Elephant Dung Used To Make Coffee

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Elephants in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand In the misty lush hills of northern Thailand, where Thailand meets Laos and Burma, a herd of elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee

Thin Line Between Life and Death

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Local bazaar at Chong Mek & the Emerald Triangle 生與死的一線之間 My own near-miss behind the scenes stories (For non-Chinese readers: please make good use of online translator!)

Destructive Flooding Puts Southeast Asia at Risk

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Nakhon Ratchasima, a city (thesaban nakhon) in the north-east (Isan) of Thailand and gateway to Isan Sixty of Thailand's seventy seven provinces have been affected by floods and mudslides over the past two months. Thirty provinces are currently curtently deluged and Chiang Mai, one of the largest cities was being prepared for evacuation (at the time of this writing).

Peaceful Village before Under Attack

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Villa Resort in the Lower Northeast of Thailand I was so close to the thin line between life and death. That said, I could have been an immediate war photographer/author reporter , or hostage, or worst, a victim!

Chong Mek & the Emerald Triangle

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Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe