Solo in Southeast Asia

A solo mission backpacking though some of the most culturally envigerating environments in Asia. India, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Malaysia, countries so closely tied, but yet so vastly different. A life changing experience that gave me a completly different perspective of what life is all about.

Camel Safari, Rajastan, India

Our four day trek on Camels across the desert for 4 days. 8 hours a day on camelback in temperatures up to 45 degrees makes you appreciate your airconditioned car, with leather seats, and a head rest back at home.
This is an experience that we should all have to endure once in our life to really put our life in perspective.

A trip that takes the gypsies 15 days on camel- cart takes 15 hours in a bus.

Indian Culture

Indian Women collecting firewood for their village in the desert of India Many of these women will walk 5-10 km to find wood, and they all carry it on there heads back to the village.

Traditional Clothing and Jewels

All Indian women wear beautiful long draping gowns and many jewels, and diamonds. Here are two young gypsy girls I spent a week with to learn about thier culture. These 18-20 year old girls travel around on a camel cart from village to village and make henna tattoo's by day and dance in local restaurants by night. They bring in the money for the entire group they travel with. The 4 gypsy girls, and 2 young males who play music, take care of the 5-6 children and the three elders.

In this culture the average life expetancy would be around 40 years old. They live out of the village, in the desert with no shelter except a three foot high grass made fence around an baren area of sand 10-15 ft. in diameter.