Looking at the most viewed photos in my Flickr account, I discovered something disturbing — the top photo is one I took on the Mekong in Laos entitled “What’s a boat trip down the Mekong without some naked kids?”. Going through any waterways in South East Asia you see many families washing themselves in various stages of nakedness — it’s part of the cultural experience. I posted this photo to illustrate this, yet I’m in two minds now about keeping the title (or the photo in general) due to the obvious fact that people are finding this based on the search string ‘naked kids’. It’s not wildly popular (82 views since February 2006 to now), but nonetheless it’s a worry.
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Archive for the ‘Vietnam’ Category
The Darker Side of Flickr
Saturday, April 29th, 2006Ho Chi Minh is Mint
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005Well so far Ho Chi Minh City is nothing like what I had expected. All the guidebooks and websites make you think it’s a pickpocket’s paradise where you are having everything snatched off your face by scooter-riding thieves and you’re being ripped off left right and centre. The traffic is pretty heavy and its quite noisy, but it’s nowhere near the levels of Bangkok. Crossing the road is fun: just walk. Don’t look. The scooters will move for you, and if you move for them, then you just mess with the whole crazy system.
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