Living in SE Asia one encounters a truly extraordinary breadth of occupations. Urban garbage collectors along Bangkok’s labyrinthine maze of canals, collecting trash buckets on narrow waterways and taking them to city dumps. Mail delivery services along the same canals, using a combination of paddle boats and bicycles to deliver mail village by village.

I’ve been lucky to have had the opportunity to be a documentary TV host in Thailand for several years. It has taken me around the country, introduced me to fascinating people and places, and humbly proven that I didn’t know as much about this country as I thought I did!