pork sausages are the comfort food of my world

Oh yes I can so relate.
What do they do with the pigs?

Amazing when a bunch of westerners pull up the inquisitive nature takes over and we were warmly greeted and surrounded

In all the countries I worked in or visited this was usually the case. Always great when you actually went in amongst the locals. Superb reflection of life there through your photographs and I loved the info on padi fields. I never actually knew why the water, but just knew they were always grown in water. I always worried about snakes in there, so never walked in one.

Winston Churchill had some amazing sayings and comments... this one is fluffing awesome! ...

"Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig. He just looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal."

That orange hair, he looks like he got Tangoed!