Songkran Peace Fight – Chiang Mai, Thailand
People party for days, get drunk, run around in the streets chasing each other with water guns, but it’s all good humored. There’s no sense of malice. People are respectful of each other…
New Year Breakdown – Springbrook, Australia
“When I was eighteen, I just went off and travelled… I didn’t have anybody watching me, or criticising me. I didn’t really have any money, but it didn’t seem to matter. People were so helpful and generous. My family reported me as a missing person. The police saw my truck parked in the street. They were like: ‘why don’t you call your mum? She’s worried about you.”
Khao Sarn Snaps – Bangkok, Thailand
…a small demonstration is under way. A group of about fifty people stand on the steps. A few of them have small placards. What they are doing is completely illegal under the martial law regulations… The King of Thailand is old and frail. The govermnent is venal and unpopular. The people are angry and hungry…
Start on a High – Bundeena, Australia
…I log into the Facebook event page. Top of the wall I see a message from the organiser: don’t come to the party! “The police have come and thrown everyone out of the forest. I have been hit with a big fine. I spent last night in jail. Sorry everyone, party’s off…” I rock up…
Fresh Meat! – Fez, Morocco
…Ouma insists I taste the brain, and the eyes, so I take a deep breath and… it’s delicious. Seems like anything Ouma’s mum cooks is good. Now I’ve eaten brain I feel like a real adventurer. Or maybe a zombie… Ouma invites us to spend Eid Al Adha with her family in Fez. We are…
Pyromania – Sitges, Spain
The madness begins with the “Festa Major” day parade, a.k.a. the “almost blowing small children’s heads off parade…”