it’s now been 4 months that i travel through Southeast Asia. i stayed mostly in rural areas, or small cities. so many faces, so many smiles… people always starting a conversation — sometimes in the hope of making a few ruppes, sometimes just to share a smile, or talk about our different ways of living. in very remote areas, i always wonder how long it will take for them to be online. it will probably happen much faster than it took/will take them to get electricity, phones. it’s actually already happening big time… and i think i want to be part of that. not sure how, and where, but it seems to me that the internet can be a good tool for development. to facilitate the clash of our civilizations.