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  • 12 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A family on a motor scooter on Bamrung Muang Street in Bangkok. Motor scooters and motorcycles are used for family transportation in the developing world. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A boy reflected in the mirror of a motor scooter in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy waits for his father on a motor scooter in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman rides her motor scooter across Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man rides his motor scooter across Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A boy and his father on their motor scooter in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A boy and his father on their motor scooter in Talat Noi (Talat means Market, Noi means Small. Literally Small Market). The Talat Noi neighborhood in Bangkok started as a blacksmith's quarter. As cars and buses replaced horse and buggy, the blacksmiths became mechanics and now the area is lined with car mechanics' shops. It is one the last neighborhoods in Bangkok that still has some original shophouses and pre World War II architecture. It is also home to a  Teo Chew Chinese emigrant community.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man rides his motor scooter up the bridge ramp to cross Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man rides his motor scooter up the bridge ramp to cross Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her son ride her motor scooter across Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Motorcycle traffic on Sisowath Quay, the main riverfront boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man waits on a narrow street to cross Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The streets are about the width of sidewalks and wide enough only for motorcycles. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2013 - HOUAY XAI, LAOS:   A family on a motor scooter in Huay Xia, Bokeo province, Laos. The umbrella has been modified to give sun protection to everyone on the motor scooter. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:   Motor scooter traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  A man rides his scooter past closed concession stands on the Iowa State Fair fairgrounds. The Iowa State Fair Is one of the largest state fairs in the United States and runs for 10 days. In 2019, it runs from August 8 to 18. More than one million people attend the fair every year. Most of the food concessions at the fair don't open until August 3, when exhibitors arrive, but the Westmoreland Concessions corn dog stand opened on July 28. One of the stand's workers said a lot of people drive out to the fairgrounds the week before the fair to buy corn dogs because the fair is so crowded and concession lines are very long.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter wide a motor scooter through a water fight on Khao San Road, which is Bangkok's "backpacker" district, during Songkran celebrations in the Thai capital. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If the days fall on a weekend, the missed days are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Muslim family dressed in yellow, the color of the Thai King, rides through old Bangkok on the motor scooter during the public ceremony to celebrate the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, on Sanam Luang, a vast public space in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok Wednesday night. The King celebrated his 85th birthday Wednesday and hundreds of thousands of Thais attended the day long celebration around the Grand Palace and the Royal Plaza, north of the Palace. The Thai monarch is revered by most Thais as unifying force in Thailand's society, which is not yet recovered from the political violence of 2010.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A tuk-tuk (three wheeled taxi) and motor scooter drive past a Yingluck Shinawatra poster on election day in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday July 3. She is running for Prime Minister of Thailand, the graffiti on the wall refers to Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, a Yellow Shirt leader who endorsed a violent crackdown against the Red Shirts in 2010. The Red Shirts are the street movement of Pheu Thai, the party of Yingluck Shinawatra. More than 47,000,000 Thais were registered to vote in Sunday's election, which had turned into a referendum on the current government, led, by the Thai Democrats and the oppositionPheu Thai party. Pheu Thai is the latest political incarnation of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PT is led by his youngest sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is the party's candidate for Prime Minister. Exit polling by three Thai polling firms showed Pheu Thai winning a landslide election.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Motor scooter and cyclo traffic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (center, in army fatigues) is driven through the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok on the back of a motor scooter Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 APRIL 2010 - NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND: Thai women on a motor scooter buy mangoes in the market in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  A man rides his scooter past closed concession stands on the Iowa State Fair fairgrounds. The Iowa State Fair Is one of the largest state fairs in the United States and runs for 10 days. In 2019, it runs from August 8 to 18. More than one million people attend the fair every year. Most of the food concessions at the fair don't open until August 3, when exhibitors arrive, but the Westmoreland Concessions corn dog stand opened on July 28. One of the stand's workers said a lot of people drive out to the fairgrounds the week before the fair to buy corn dogs because the fair is so crowded and concession lines are very long.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 AUGUST 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man on a motor scooter in Tae Chio Cemetery in Yan Nawa District of Bangkok. It is a cemetery for Bangkok's Chinese community.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JUNE 2016 - DON KHONE, CHAMPASAK, LAOS: A woman rides her scooter on the main street in Don Khone village on Don Khone Island. Don Khone Island, one of the larger islands in the 4,000 Islands chain on the Mekong River in southern Laos. The island has become a backpacker hot spot, there are lots of guest houses and small restaurants on the north end of the island.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A rides his motor scooter through the Wat Kalayanamit neighborhood. Fifty-four homes around Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, are being razed and the residents evicted to make way for new development at the temple. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines. Low income people are being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A couple puts their TV set on the back of a motor scooter while they move out of their home near Wat Kalayanamit. Fifty-four homes around Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, are being razed and the residents evicted to make way for new development at the temple. The abbot of the temple said he was evicting the residents, who have lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes are unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines. Low income people are being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man rides his scooter past the stage for the Lehigh Leng Kaitoung Opera troupe which performed at Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a small Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok. The performance was for Ghost Month. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their culture with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year and Chinese holiday when they travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage. Most of the Chinese operas from Bangkok travel to Malaysia for Ghost Month, leaving just a few to perform in Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man rides his scooter past a curry stand in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Thailand in general, and Bangkok in particular, has a vibrant tradition of street food and eating on the run. In recent years, Bangkok's street food has become something of an international landmark and is being written about in glossy travel magazines and in the pages of the New York Times.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A woman on a motor scooter goes by the Bantaladnadklongkud School in Pattani. There are 108 students at Bantaladnadklongkud School and they are all Muslims. Five of the school's eight teachers are Buddhists.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A couple on a motor scooter goes by the Bantaladnadklongkud School in Pattani. There are 108 students at Bantaladnadklongkud School and they are all Muslims. Five of the school's eight teachers are Buddhists.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter wide a motor scooter through a water fight on Khao San Road, which is Bangkok's "backpacker" district, during Songkran celebrations in the Thai capital. Songkran is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 16 April. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If the days fall on a weekend, the missed days are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran is in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season and provides an excuse for people to cool off in friendly water fights that take place throughout the country. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman rides her scooter past a colonial era shophouse in Luang Prabang, Laos. Luang Prabang is a UNESCO World Heritate Site and building renovations have to be done in a historically accurate way.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker's motor scooter sits on the edge of a salt field. The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man rides his motor scooter across Khlong Bang Luang in Bangkok. The Bang Luang neighborhood lines Khlong (Canal) Bang Luang in the Thonburi section of Bangkok on the west side of Chao Phraya River. It was established in the late 18th Century by King Taksin the Great after the Burmese sacked the Siamese capital of Ayutthaya. The neighborhood, like most of Thonburi, is relatively undeveloped and still criss crossed by the canals which once made Bangkok famous. It's now a popular day trip from central Bangkok and offers a glimpse into what the city used to be like.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:      Motor scooter riders use umbrellas to keep drive while drive through a rainy season storm in Hat Yai, Thailand. Hat Yai is the largest in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2011 - PHOENIX, AZ:    The chief of security at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa uses a Segway scooter to get around while he and Phoenix police watch anti-ALEC protesters at the gate to the resort Wednesday. About 300 people picketed the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday. The protesters claim ALEC, a conservative think tank, violates its tax exempt status by engaging in lobbying, a charge ALEC officials deny. Many conservative pieces of legislation, like Arizona's anti-immigration bill SB1070, originate with ALEC conferences (SB 1070 originated at an ALEC conference several years ago). Many of the protesters are also members of the Occupy movement.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A man sits on his motor scooter on Bamrung Muang Street in Bangkok. Thanon Bamrung Muang (Thanon is Thai for Road or Street) is Bangkok's "Street of Many Buddhas." Like many ancient cities, Bangkok was once a city of artisan's neighborhoods and Bamrung Muang Road, near Bangkok's present day city hall, was once the street where all the country's Buddha statues were made. Now they made in factories on the edge of Bangkok, but Bamrung Muang Road is still where the statues are sold. Once an elephant trail, it was one of the first streets paved in Bangkok, it is the largest center of Buddhist supplies in Thailand. Not just statues but also monk's robes, candles, alms bowls, and pre-configured alms baskets are for sale along both sides of the street.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2006 - KAMPONG CHAM, KAMPONG CHAM, CAMBODIA: Motor scooter traffic in the city of Kampong Cham in central Cambodia on the Mekong River. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MARCH 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Motor scooter and cyclo traffic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • May 12 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maj. Gen. KHATTIYA "Seh Daeng" SAWASDIPOL (center, in army fatigues) is driven through the Red Shirt camp in Bangkok on the back of a motor scooter Wednesday. Seh Daeng, as he is known, has emerged as the Red Shirts unofficial military commander. He has organized the barricades that ring the Red Shirt camp and has threatened to organize a guerilla campaign against the government if the Red Shirt protest is crushed by force. Seh Daeng is a hero to many Thais because he is credited with crushing Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1970's and 80's. He was the commander of Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command but after his political activities became apparent he was made the head aerobics instructor for the Thai army. He is now seen as one of the major personalities destabilizing the country and the government alleges that he is behind many of the grenade attacks and drive by shootings directed at government buildings and officials and he is wanted for a long list of felony offenses including weapons charges and terrorism related charges. Although some Red Shirts have officially repudiated him, he is still frequently seen around the Reds' barricades. The army has started proceedings to fire him, but he remains a general on active duty.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar. 27, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Red Shirt demonstrator rides his motor scooter through Bangkok Saturday March 27. More than 80,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters marched through central Bangkok March 27 during a series of protests against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand. They support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a coup in 2006 and went into exile rather than go to prison after being convicted on corruption charges. Thaksin is still enormously popular in rural Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar. 27, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A child on his father's motor scooter at a Red Shirt protest in Bangkok, March 27. More than 80,000 members of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the "Red Shirts" and their supporters marched through central Bangkok March 27 during a series of protests against and demand the resignation of current Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. The protest is a continuation of protests the Red Shirts have been holding across Thailand. They support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a coup in 2006 and went into exile rather than go to prison after being convicted on corruption charges. Thaksin is still enormously popular in rural Thailand.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: A family on a motor scooter in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Myawaddy is just across the Moei River from Mae Sot, Thailand and is one of Myanmar's leading land ports for goods going to and coming from Thailand. Most of the businesses in the town are geared towards trade, both legal and illegal, with Thailand. Human rights activists from Myanmar maintain that the Burmese government controls the drug smuggling trade between the two countries and that most illegal drugs made in Myanmar are shipped into Thailand from Myawaddy.   Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 03 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man drives his motor scooter through an alley in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. After months of relative calm following the May 2014 coup, tensions are increasing in Bangkok. The military backed junta has threatened to crack down on anyone who opposes the government. Relations with the United States have deteriorated after Daniel Russel, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs, said that normalization of relations between Thailand and the US would depend on the restoration of a credible democratically elected government in Thailand.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 OCTOBER 2012 - HAT YAI, THAILAND:      Motor scooter riders use umbrellas to keep drive while drive through a rainy season storm in Hat Yai, Thailand. Hat Yai is the largest in southern Thailand. It is an important commercial center and tourist destination. It is especially popular with Malaysian, Singaporean and Chinese tourists.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man on a motor scooter drops off a woman at the entrance to the Nana Entertainment Plaza, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar. 13, 2009 -- VANG VIENG, LAOS: A family on their motor scooter along Highway 13 between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang, Laos.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 30 AUGUST 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man on a motor scooter in Tae Chio Cemetery in Yan Nawa District of Bangkok. It is a cemetery for Bangkok's Chinese community.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man navigates his motor scooter through the Pom Makahan Fort slum. The community is known for fireworks, fighting cocks and bird cages. Residents of the slum have been told they must leave the fort and that their community will be torn down. Mahakan Fort was built in 1783 during the reign of Siamese King Rama I. It was one of 14 fortresses designed to protect Bangkok from foreign invaders. Only of two are remaining, the others have been torn down. A community developed in the fort when people started building houses and moving into it during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). The land was expropriated by Bangkok city government in 1992, but the people living in the fort refused to move. In 2004 courts ruled against the residents and said the city could take the land. Eviction notices have been posted in the community and people given until April 30 to leave, but most residents have refused to move. Residents think Bangkok city officials will start evictions around August 15, but there has not been any official word from the city.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man sits on his motor scooter and checks his smart phone in Bang Chak Market. Many of the shops in the market are already shuttered. The market closes permanently on Dec 31, 2015. The Bang Chak Market serves the community around Sois 91-97 on Sukhumvit Road in the Bangkok suburbs. About half of the market has been torn down. Bangkok city authorities put up notices in late November that the market would be closed by January 1, 2016 and redevelopment would start shortly after that. Market vendors said condominiums are being built on the land.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Men on scooters watch about 25 people gathered in front of the US Embassy in Seoul to express their concerns about the upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The people said they represented a coalition of labor and progressive groups.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:  A woman on a bicycle in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2012 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM:  A camera club gathers to photograph an intersection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As Vietnam's economy has started to boom people have moved from bicycles to motor scooters for personal transport. Ho Chi Minh City, which used to be known as Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam and the commercial hub of southern Vietnam.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Motor scooters at a rail crossing in Phnom Penh. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 31, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motor scooters take off at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok residents in 2007 produced as much carbon dioxide as New Yorkers and surpassed Londoners' emissions by 1.2 tons per capita, according to a United Nations sponsored report. Residents in Bangkok and New York each emitted 7.1 tons of the greenhouse gas in 2007 while London residents emitted 5.9 tons, according to a report compiled by the Bangkok government and the Green Leaf Foundation, a Bangkok-based environmental group, with support from the United Nations. Bangkok's transportation, electricity generation and solid wastewater treatment produced 90 per cent of the Thai capital's carbon dioxide with the transport sector alone accounting for almost 38 per cent of the annual total, the report said.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 31, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motor scooters take off at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok residents in 2007 produced as much carbon dioxide as New Yorkers and surpassed Londoners' emissions by 1.2 tons per capita, according to a United Nations sponsored report. Residents in Bangkok and New York each emitted 7.1 tons of the greenhouse gas in 2007 while London residents emitted 5.9 tons, according to a report compiled by the Bangkok government and the Green Leaf Foundation, a Bangkok-based environmental group, with support from the United Nations. Bangkok's transportation, electricity generation and solid wastewater treatment produced 90 per cent of the Thai capital's carbon dioxide with the transport sector alone accounting for almost 38 per cent of the annual total, the report said.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 31, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motor scooters take off at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok residents in 2007 produced as much carbon dioxide as New Yorkers and surpassed Londoners' emissions by 1.2 tons per capita, according to a United Nations sponsored report. Residents in Bangkok and New York each emitted 7.1 tons of the greenhouse gas in 2007 while London residents emitted 5.9 tons, according to a report compiled by the Bangkok government and the Green Leaf Foundation, a Bangkok-based environmental group, with support from the United Nations. Bangkok's transportation, electricity generation and solid wastewater treatment produced 90 per cent of the Thai capital's carbon dioxide with the transport sector alone accounting for almost 38 per cent of the annual total, the report said.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MARCH 2006 - HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Motorcycle traffic in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) Vietnam. Vietnam's recent economic expansion has led to prosperity not seen since the US  war in Vietnam in the 1960s and when most people once got around on bicycles, now many are buying motorcycles and scooters. This has led to increased pollution and constant traffic jams. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 31, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motor scooters take off at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok residents in 2007 produced as much carbon dioxide as New Yorkers and surpassed Londoners' emissions by 1.2 tons per capita, according to a United Nations sponsored report. Residents in Bangkok and New York each emitted 7.1 tons of the greenhouse gas in 2007 while London residents emitted 5.9 tons, according to a report compiled by the Bangkok government and the Green Leaf Foundation, a Bangkok-based environmental group, with support from the United Nations. Bangkok's transportation, electricity generation and solid wastewater treatment produced 90 per cent of the Thai capital's carbon dioxide with the transport sector alone accounting for almost 38 per cent of the annual total, the report said.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 31, 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motor scooters take off at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok residents in 2007 produced as much carbon dioxide as New Yorkers and surpassed Londoners' emissions by 1.2 tons per capita, according to a United Nations sponsored report. Residents in Bangkok and New York each emitted 7.1 tons of the greenhouse gas in 2007 while London residents emitted 5.9 tons, according to a report compiled by the Bangkok government and the Green Leaf Foundation, a Bangkok-based environmental group, with support from the United Nations. Bangkok's transportation, electricity generation and solid wastewater treatment produced 90 per cent of the Thai capital's carbon dioxide with the transport sector alone accounting for almost 38 per cent of the annual total, the report said.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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