It was a chance meeting. "What are you doing in Asia?" read her Facebook message to me. I explained my purpose: "I'm just touristing and doing a bit of learning on sex trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia." "Wow!" she replied, "I work with women in the sex trade!" ... Cassie is a brilliant, bright, and bold person. As I met with her, our...
"So why are you in Thailand?" this good-looking guy from England asked me and I paused, wondering if I should say the real answer or just give one of those glitzy traveller quotes, "I'm a hippie and I love travelling and I'm pretty cool..." (or something like that). But the real answer? People don't want the real answer because they'd rather not think...