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Pig in Flight at Angkor Thom´s South Gate!

Working in Cambodia, no matter where - and this includes the Angkor Archaeological Park - is always an opportunity to witness the unusual.
Animals are transported in all sorts of bizarre and, by our progressive and enlightened standards, cruel ways around Asia, but the pig-on-a-motorbike routine is a favorite. Farmers travel  for miles along often bumpy [...]

Dakshin Kali – Bloodbath for a Goddess

There are many Kali temples in the Kathmandu Valley but only one, demands daily sacrifices - Dakhshin Kali. And on Saturdays, the blood runs faster, deeper and longer than on any other day.

The first rays of the sun break through the pine trees that cover the steep slope that seems to drop right down to [...]

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