In an increasingly commercial world the pace of life can sometimes seem to be rising exponentially, and anything that can be branded and packaged  - is... losing any semblance of authenticity in the process.

For me, traveling to less developed parts of the world helps to bring it all back into perspective. What do you think the New Economy has to offer these two?

The photos above where taken in a small village in North Eastern Thailand near the Laos border. Click on the images above for larger versions.