Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010.

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Luang Prabang, Laos 2011: Novices studying English at Wat Sensoukaram.

Luang Prabang, Laos

Nong Khiaw, Laos 2011.

Nong Khiaw, Laos

Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia 2010: Pasar Lama, a sprawling market.

Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Kompong Luong, Cambodia 2012: kos khyal (coin scraping) in a mixed Vietnamese/Cambodian floating village on Tonle Sap. This traditional treatment of Chinese origin is believed to cure nearly everything from chronic cough to carpal tunnel.

Kompong Luong, Cambodia

Kompong Luong, Cambodia 2012: houses near the edge of the village are on stilts, while those further in float and towed toward Tonle Sap's center during dry season. Boats are required for getting around.

Kompong Luong, Cambodia

Tam Coc, Vietnam 2013.

Tam Coc, Vietnam

Sam Say, Laos 2011: Akha children heading to their village.

Sam Say, Laos

Batutumonga, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010.

Batutumonga, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Dokan, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: male guests prepare food for a Batak wedding.

Dokan, Sumatra, Indonesia

Buon Pays, Laos 2011: Akha village reached by bus and long trek from Phongsali. Relaxing with the village chief's wife in the only warm part of the house.

Buon Pays, Laos

Ban Tha Jok, Laos 2012: One of the most famous of the Hmong 'bomb villages,' where debris from the Vietnam War has been fashioned into fences, house foundations, and planters. <br><br>Villagers are actively discouraged from trying to obtain materials out of the bombs (to sell to Vietnamese traders) due to high potential for injury or death.

Ban Tha Jok, Laos

Kampot, Cambodia 2012: harvesting seasalt.

Kampot, Cambodia

Kep, Cambodia 2012: The crab fishing industry in Cambodia is dominated by women. In Kep, women wade through the water to fetch crab traps, and hawk their wares at the nearby market. Elsewhere along the coast, some of the poorest women in the country peel crabs at factories or at home.

Kep, Cambodia

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010: Torajans are famed for elaborate, debt-inducing funerary rituals called Rambu Solo. The embalmed body is stored in the house until the family can afford the funeral, which includes slaughtering enough animals to feed hundreds of guests for a several days. Funerals tend to be held when dry, but unseasonal rains made this body difficult to lift.

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2013: S21 (Tuol Sleng), a school that was converted into a Khmer Rouge prison. Reopened in 1980 as a genocide museum.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Luang Prabang, Laos 2011: at Wat Xieng Moune, monks from all over Laos participate in a UNESCO program to re-teach the skills of designing and maintaining temples. The program began about 10-11 years ago, and runs 3 years at a time. More monks were involved when they were studying painting and drawing, then some dropped out when they started Buddha sculpture, and by the time they were doing wood-carving only 4 young monks remained. <br><br>Novice Phet, pictured, wishes to only remain a monk for a few more years, then travel around the country improving temples as a master craftsman, just like his teacher.

Luang Prabang, Laos

Harau Valley, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: practicing for a recital. These girls apparently had special dispensation to take off their headscarves for the performance.

Harau Valley, Sumatra, Indonesia

Parinding, Sulawesi, Indonesia: 2010: photo of buffalo slaughter from a Rambu Solo (funeral celebration). The buffalo--sometimes large adults--are slashed through the neck without sedation. One funeral I attended featured a death far worse than the one pictured; the buffalo ran away after the throat cutting, fell down a muddy bank at least 50 meters, then landed heavily into a stream before dying.

Parinding, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Hanoi, Vietnam 2013.

Hanoi, Vietnam

Harau, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: the bride's hennaed hands at a Minangkabau wedding.

Harau, Sumatra, Indonesia

Kampot, Cambodia 2012: men gather in the evenings to play pétanque, which is still fairly popular in former French Indochine countries.

Kampot, Cambodia

Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: early morning at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque.

Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

Tanjung Isuy, Kalimantan, Indonesia 2010: Tanjung Isuy is the first Dayak village at the start of the Mahakam River, and thus, less isolated. But the modern clothing, satellite TV and smartphones thinly disguise the traditional culture beneath. When a baby was ill, no Western medicine was used; rather, this doctor was called in for an 8-day dance ritual.

Tanjung Isuy, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Eastern Laos, 2012: Another day, another bus breakdown. Between Phonsavan and Sam Neua.

Eastern Laos

Muara Muntai, Kalimantan, Indonesia 2010: a village built of boardwalks over muddy water.

Muara Muntai, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Sam Tai, Laos 2012: measuring the amount of thread needed for a sinh (sarong). Houaphan province and Sam Tai district in particular are famed in Laos for high-quality, intricate weavings.

Sam Tai, Laos

Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia 2010: Pasar Lokbaintan is one of two floating markets selling wholesale meats and produce, about 45 minutes from Banjarmasin by boat.

Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Marante, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010: Tongkonan are the traditional houses (rumah adat) of Torajan people. The boat-like shape calls back to their history as seafaring people. The houses are representive of family identity and tradition, and due to the difficulty of construction they are also family-wide projects.

Marante, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: a huge bicycle race through West Sumatra called Tour de Singkarek steeply climbs the winding road from Lake Maninjau to Bukittingi.

Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia

Angkor, Cambodia 2012: young girl drawing in the sand, asking for candy at Banteay Srei temple. Yes, she knew how to ask in Chinese. No, I don't know if she was drawing because she was bored while begging, or thought that people would be inclined to give her candy because she was drawing. Would have been a nice time to have a guide.

Angkor, Cambodia

Parinding, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010: winnowing rice for guests to eat during a funeral.

Parinding, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Angkor, Cambodia 2012: Ta Prohm, the famously un-restored temple complex near Siem Reap.

Angkor, Cambodia

Tam Coc, Vietnam 2013: rowing canoes using feet is the common technique in this river region.

Tam Coc, Vietnam

Dokan, Sumatra, Indonesia 2013: the greeting line at a Batak wedding.

Dokan, Sumatra, Indonesia

Rantepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010: wedding guests at a Torajan wedding.

Rantepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nong Khiaw, Laos 2011: day drinking and snacking with some local dudes.

Nong Khiaw, Laos

Tam Coc, Vietnam 2013: tourist boats piling up at the embarcardero.

Tam Coc, Vietnam

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2010: Many parts of Tana Toraja lack smooth roads or sturdy bridges. Although most locals pile multiple riders onto a motorcycle to get around, it's safer to walk across rickety suspension bridges like this.

Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Negara, Kalimantan, Indonesia 2010: a village built over water. Children dive off the piers leading out of every home to play in the water or bathe.

Negara, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Chi Phat, Cambodia 2012: small handmade carts, used for racing downhill into the lake.

Chi Phat, Cambodia

Muang Khan, Laos 2012: wedding musician and guests.

Muang Khan, Laos

Phongsali, Laos 2011: hand-cut noodles on an incredibly cold day.

Phongsali, Laos

Battambang, Cambodia 2012: the remains of the bamboo train, a system running on a single track, with carts designed to be disassembled in order to let one or the other pass.

Battambang, Cambodia

Tam Coc, Vietnam 2013: pot dealer. Literally someone selling pots, in a small village of Tam Coc that surprisingly maintained the traditional stone French style.

Tam Coc, Vietnam