Ox cart - Cambodia.

Slow progress.

Ox carts like this one are quite common in rural Cambodia. They provide an eminently practical form of transport for farmers but have to compete with trucks for space on the roads.

Fresh is best!

Plastic wrapped Buddha awaits a buyer.

Iconoclastic or practical?

Buddha images in Bangkok are carefully prepared for sale and then wrapped in plastic. There is something disquieting about the meditative serenity of the Buddha covered by a membrane of plastic. These images never fail to catch my attention - you feel as though there is something you should do, but you are not sure what.