Dopo le 18 la strada viene chiusa al traffico, ed e’ un brulicare di bancarelle che espongono, con ordine millimetrico, i prodotti dell’industria artigiana locale, ma non e’ questo che attira sciami di backpackers alternativi in cerca di cibo a buon mercato.

Viene chiamato sulla Lonely, il “Night Food Market”: e’ un carruggio riempito di street-food da entrambi i lati, tanto che ci si passa a fatica, e i posti per sedersi sono consoni a una condivisione forzata dei gomiti in una masticazione alternata.

Chopsticks, forchette, cucchiai, ma molto più spesso solo mani e denti. E qualsiasi cosa cresca, voli, cammini (con due, quattro, otto, sedici o mille piedi), nuoti viene grigliata, fritta, stufata e insaporita con intrugli che vanno dal “hot” al “Lao” (puro napalm). Il tutto bagnato da secchiate di LaoBeer.

Foto? Ovvio, buon appetito …


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It has been more than fifty years since I began traveling across the world — and the seven seas — for work or for pleasure, always with a Leica M camera close at hand. The camera has never been an accessory; it has been a constant companion, a way of observing, remembering, and making sense of the places and people I encountered along the way. I started keeping this kind of journal some time ago, not as a diary in the traditional sense, but as a space where images and words could meet. This is not a publication driven by schedules or algorithms. At times I disappear for long stretches; then, inevitably, I return with semi-regular updates. Publishing, for me, is a mirror of my state of mind and emotions. It follows my rhythm, not the other way around. You have to take it exactly as it comes. Every photograph you see here is mine. They are fragments of a life spent moving, looking, and waiting for moments to reveal themselves — often quietly, sometimes unexpectedly. This blog is not about destinations, but about presence. About what remains when the journey slows down and the shutter finally clicks.

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