Texture

Banyan bark, thelonius purple moss, gingko leaves, skin of the thistle-willy frog, surface of a pothole puddle in a Rajdamri soi, the hairy tickle of a rambutan rolled up the back of your knee ... texture. Southeast Asia has the most wonderful textures in the world.

The wizened visage of a Malaccan smithy, the tongue of a starving Intramuros street cat, the spikey threat of a Bruneian durian ... those surfaces are life, they are stories and fables that zing into your eyeball and finger tips.

Come and scrape along, drag you finger, lick the rain, roll in a paddy. Take a full bite of Southeast Asia -- and you will be living well, and fully.