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Tropical Kitchen.
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In a little fishing village called Salek Khok I came upon these ladies preparing the evening meal, they graciously gave me permission to photograph this private family tradition. As fishing village folk on Koh Chang go this family must be quite prosperous, this is a large house compared to the majority of local housing I saw. It is only vaguely visible in this image but the water below the ladies was swarming with little fish eating the scraps that fell thru the flooring the ladies were working on. A kind of natural recycling process, feed the little fish now so they grow strong and big then catch them and eat them and let other little fish eat their scraps and so on ... For all the beauty and majesty of some of my other photos from Koh Chang, this is one of my favourites, for the simple reason that of all The Things That Matter, people matter most and this shot shows so much about the lives of these friendly, dignified, hard working, tough and resourceful Thai fisher folk.

Enjoy.

Mikel.

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.ovar2008
09/26/09 9:20 PM GMT
Super shot!. Title, narrative and picture are excelent
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.icedancer
09/27/09 1:32 AM GMT
Lovely shot show such detail and calarity. Thanks for the great narrative letting us know more about their lives.
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.gbo911
09/27/09 6:37 AM GMT
Interesting cultural-anthropological photo. Good work!
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And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."
::Ed1958
09/27/09 6:38 AM GMT
Very tropical and very rich narrative.
Ed.
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Logun7
09/27/09 2:03 PM GMT
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::allisontaylor
09/27/09 8:26 PM GMT
That house IS larger to my eyes! I can see why you were drawn to it and the visually stimulating surroundings. Such a colorful diverse life. Thank you for sharing it.
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.SatCom
09/28/09 2:21 AM GMT
Love it.....What a great image of everyday life...thanks for sharing you adventures.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. - Ansel Adams....... My Gallery
::Inkeri
09/29/09 6:28 PM GMT
A Lovely shot with Wonderful details Mikel.
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::Heroictitof
09/30/09 10:21 AM GMT
This photo really illustrate way of life of this fisherman village.
Thanks for this realistic report.
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Visit my gallery, there's always something new from France !! ; )
::JQ
09/30/09 10:57 AM GMT
i wish i had got more stuff like this when i was in bangkok, the "houses" by the river there you couldnt belive that people actually lived there. they have nothing but are totally so friendly to you. a fave for me.
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