These are of Vietnam, Thailand and India. Please don’t expect them all to be picture postcards.’ ‘Many of the prints were breathtaking. Perhaps ...ven more arresting were the beautifully compositions of stark poverty, prostitution and cruelty. Darcy packed the last print away and said, ‘Well, what do you think?’ ‘I knew when the packs started arriving you were working although you dismissed that, saying youwere taking a few snapshots,’ said his mother. ‘These are works of art.’ The others. When we arrived on the outskirts of Aviano, I took Olga to a sort of cafeteria style internet café that offered private on-line connections and a fairly decent menu. I told her the bathrooms there were quite clean and she would be able to do a wash-up with no interference. I did the same myself and even did a quick shave before heading to the main gate.Just like all Air Force Bases all over the world, the security was pretty good, especially now with the terrorist threat from the Islamic Jihad.. The first was because on July 6th I was going to officially be a teenager. Second, my big cousin Matt, who was now twenty-one, was going to be coming home from college and staying for a few weeks. I hadn't seen Matt in a couple years. Since starting college, he barely came home. Once in a while he would visit for a day or two and then go straight back Columbia University in New York City. Uncle Paul had a nice three-bedroom house with a two-car garage. For the past two weeks Mom had been. I know they're really good moms and extremely efficient, but the kids can be almost too much to handle.Landing at Melbourne and getting to the hotel was smooth. The road guys were going to begin the stage construction and setup Thursday, so they were going to let the customs people search through everything on the aircraft, then move it to the venue on Wednesday. The road crew chief said he was planning on tearing down Sunday and Monday, with tentative plans to fly to the next city on Tuesday.