Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand - February 2013

[Sarina]

Thank you everyone who I met during this tour. my feeling, what I experienced,,, it's beyond description. but I got a new word…
It was bloody fun and I was bloody happy all the time. I won't forget your kindness and hope to see you as many times as possible! Thank you very much.

[llvlaglne]

whoa whoa whoa sarina is on the bloody forum!?!?!?!

[JCar2666]

^^ Amen!!

[ronaldlsh]

Hello Sarina!

[Seul]

Bloody good to read you lass… 

[Finn666]

@ronaldlsh:

Hello Sarina!

try again ronald!

[ronaldlsh]

Damn! And I thought she would remember my huge ass tummy!

[Friday]

you're most welcome sarina..

[Sarina]

hello hello! thank you for welcoming me. sorry I'm lazy, I don't check the forum often. but, yes I do remember Ronald's tummy… hahaha

[Snowy]

Not lazy at all. Before we know it you'll be posting in the what are you wearing thread, right?

[STAN]

After seeing the pics ,  make me  want to go to Bangkok 

[ronaldlsh]

Look finn! She remembers!

[llvlaglne]

ronald- tell her to rub your belly and you'll make her wish come true brah! haha. you got this!

[Finn666]

@ronaldlsh:

Look finn! She remembers!

proud of you my man!

[obbigood]

Facebook album, cover picture.

IRON HEART crew in Marina Bay Sands. Representing Iron Heart and also Singapore.

[ky]

@Giles:

and what a coffee it was (it has now passed through at least 2 mammals)…

the guys at Tuckshop will be having a taste of it soon too…

"sharing the shit around" i guess….???

[MikeC]

That must be a great job, following monkeys around until they shit, then you go dig thru it.

[Snowy]

It's kinda pretty easy to follow them around; they're usually in cages being over-fed coffee cherries;

http://sprudge.com/kopi-luwak-just-say-philippi-no.html

It's a bit of a problem for the industry.

[MikeC]

That's super fucked. I'll never drink that shit. I'm half Korean, but some of the shit Asians do with food is down right fucked up. It's like whaling in Japan (I don't condone the Sea Shepherd idiocy either).

[Snowy]

I'd love to see a free-range organic civet farm. It's hard for me to look at a different culture with different practices and start from there. Like you Mike, coming from a society that condones animal cruelty, this is utterly horrible. Somewhere in there the farmers are trying to make a living for their families.

My point, I don't see any easy answers to update/modify the industry, especially with different cultural backgrounds and a product that's perceived as cultural. The simple answer is not to buy any and let that lead to conversations/research by farmers….money talks, cash is king.

Apologies for the hijacking of a great holiday trip. Mods, feel free to delete if you feel this is inappropriate.