Leaf: This was the traffic jam Brendan & I got stuck in for an hour. Election fever in the blazing heat of an Indian summer! I ended up wetting my scarf and wrapping it around my head so that my brain wouldn't explode. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I was sitting in a park one hot evening in Laos when a Vietnamese woman rode up on a bicycle carrying many plastic buckets and an old coke bottle full of water. When she offered me a manicure, how could I resist? (Vientiane, Laos) 

Leaf: A local barber shop where men can get a full head massage along with a haircut or shave. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: A place to sit when the sun is hot. Pai is very brown right now, but soon the rains will come and everything will be green again. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: Together at the Table.  (Varanasi, India)

Rae: In all the world, I know no one as altogether wonderful as this man, my husband. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: These days the sound of skateboard wheels mingles with temple bells and the mosque's call to prayer. I love it! (Varanasi, India)

Rae: What can I say? She's perfect, just a small girl at a playground. (Vientiane, Laos)

Leaf: Three dreadlocked angels came to the meditation this morning. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I had to capture this guy's souped up tuk tuk style and his monk passenger, even though we were just tuk tuks passing in the night (day). (Vientiane, Laos)

Leaf: My sweet neighbour Poonam. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I ran into this lovely Japanese artist the other morning. She was gracious and cheerful and wonderful. (Vientiane, Laos)

Leaf: Fire twirling on the Ganges River with her adoring partner watching. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: Solo is King of this Laos playground on a very, very hot evening. (Vientiane, Laos)