re:mote voices

Occasionally the rumours take a bizarre twist into reality. We receive a phone call that someone is trying to burn down the offices of a minor opposition party, which claims the election was rigged. When we arrive in front of the offices, a bunch of kids wave us to stop, wait till we get the cameras out and then petrol bomb the wooden guardhouse in front of the party property.

- tom vater is a sound researcher and writer, who travels round asia. his writing of his experiences is often included in the updates for the horse hospital in london. while many of the events aren't really relevant to me, being so far away, the inclusion of these snap shots of asia make them worthwhile. vater has a definite style, which gives us a different view point - that of someone on street level, someone who is seeing the curious and the dark. the quotes included here are from the latest horse hospital update, unfortunately this has not been added to their site yet. though the link above leads to the archive or writing by vater, which is currently on there. at this point in time tom vater is my favourite "travel" writer.

In a recent NGO survey 73% of Khmers said they had witnessed a beating of someone who had deserved it.