Recently my wife daughter dog and I toured the River Kwai. The  deforested mountains were sported plumes of smoke from where  farmers were burning the slopes to cut back vegetation for orchards. When I mentioned this violation to the rangers at the forestry station, they shrugged with ineffectiveness. “Mai mi alai samlat yut fi mai.”

They had no way to stop the fires and neither did I.

Most of the trees in Thailand have been chopped down to provide the world with soft toilet paper. Same in Laos and Cambodia. Most amazing is how quick a couple of guys with chain saws can clear a forest balder than Yul Brenner.

100 years ago the same thing happened in the Adirondacks and northern Maine. Millions of trees were replaced by a stump tundra, yet now 90% of those ravaged lands are forest. Maybe the same resurgence of woodlands will happen here. I doubt it, especially if the Chinese discover Charmin’ toilet rolls.

A billion bums in need of pampering takes a lot of paper.

Especially if they’re fat Chinese.

Obesity being a sign of wealth in the Land of ex-Mao.

The best thing about our trip was that my dog Champoo took a dump on the Bridge over the River Kwai.

Didn’t wipe her ass afterwards either and

Ten years ago my wife, daughter, dog, and I toured the River Kwai. The deforested mountains sported plumes of smoke from where farmers burned the slopes to cut back vegetation for orchards. When I mentioned this violation to the rangers at the forestry station, they shrugged with ineffectiveness. “Mai mi alai samlat yut fi mai.”

They had no way to stop the fires and neither did I.

Most of the trees in Thailand have been chopped down to provide the world with soft toilet paper.

Same in Laos and Cambodia.

Most amazing was how quick a couple of guys with chain saws can clear a forest balder than Yul Brenner.

100 years ago the same thing happened in the Adirondacks and northern Maine. Millions of trees were replaced by a stump tundra, yet now 90% of those ravaged lands are forest. Maybe the same resurgence of woodlands will happen here. I doubt it, especially if the Chinese discover Charmin’ toilet rolls.

A billion bums in need of pampering takes a lot of paper.

Especially if they’re fat Chinese.

Obesity being a sign of wealth in the Land of ex-Mao.

Same as the USA.

The best thing about our trip was that my dog Champoo took a dump on the Bridge over the River Kwai.

Didn’t wipe her ass afterwards either and I pretended she was someone else’s dog.

“Who’s dog is that?”

Bot mine.

He belonged to no one.

She was free.

I pretended she was someone else’s dog.

“Who’s dog is that?”