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Definitely fresh!https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180628_104355.jpg20180628_104355Man herding his cattle in junglehttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180628_111926.jpg20180628_111926Helen bonding with ponyhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180627_165714.jpg20180627_165714Corn harvest, Babe Lakehttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180627_180012.jpg20180627_1800122018-08-22T02:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/2018/08/05/cambodia-via-kuala-lumpur/https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4115.jpgIMG_4115Skulls in one of a thousand 'killing fields' in Cambodia, 1970shttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4114.jpgIMG_4114Pol Pot on lefthttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4112.jpgIMG_4112"Rehabilitation Camp" enslaving Cambodians, early 1970shttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4078.jpgIMG_4078Anna and Ella with James at the 88 floor Petronus Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur https://www.petronastwintowers.com.my/factshttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4079.jpgIMG_4079https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180624_175358.jpg20180624_175358Our driver Om, Doug and our guide Sunny https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_4304.jpgIMG_4304https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_4303.jpgIMG_4303https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_4298.jpgIMG_4298https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180624_120332.jpg20180624_1203322018-08-05T00:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/2018/07/25/raja-ampat-rocks/https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180612_082007-1.jpg20180612_082007-1https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180608_1009351.jpg20180608_100935https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180610_131226.jpg20180610_131226https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180606_175938.jpg20180606_175938https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180614_170433.jpg20180614_170433local Papuans having funhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180614_161411.jpg20180614_161411My dearest https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180614_145301.jpg20180614_145301https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180616_205048.jpg20180616_205048https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180614_103040.jpg20180614_103040https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180616_184816.jpg20180616_1848162018-08-04T16:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/2018/07/18/sulawesi/https://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/33651459_212636739537943_3604696941214040064_o.jpg33651459_212636739537943_3604696941214040064_oRock, paper, scissorshttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/33613872_212637046204579_2233304400313450496_o.jpg33613872_212637046204579_2233304400313450496_ohttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/33618728_212726136195670_6834122738437718016_o.jpg33618728_212726136195670_6834122738437718016_oElla with group of teenagers studying Englishhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180601_131809-1.jpg20180601_131809-1Beautifulhttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180601_151902.jpg20180601_151902Lumpah Village, home for the nighthttps://stroutsabroad.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180601_162052-e1531904090198.jpg20180601_162052Young women bringing their bibles to read at burial tombs. 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