Chiang Khan: Plastic junk and paranoid monks

Buddhist monks paranoid about being assassinated. Hilarious posing in front of weird kitsch items. Warnings that the town is doomed to become a tacky tourist magnet on the Mekong. Chiang Khan is a place to visit before it's too late. The town has already gathered up anything vaguely retro -- mid-20th century radios, television sets, Thai household products, wind-up mechanical toys and other jetsam from the jet age -- and carefully arranged it all on virtually every shelf in nearly every shop on Chai Khong Road, the riverside walking street.read more

Patricia Velásquez Paula Garcés Paulina Rubio Paz Vega Penélope Cruz Pink