The little lady with the big collection of sunglasses is from Zambia. You can find this picture and another 29 funny, poignant, charming, thought-provoking photographs from around the world here, at the Ned Hardy website.
Here's a few more to pique your curiosity:
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| Zanzibar |
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| Ukraine |
I've been wracking my brains to remember what my favourite things were at that sort of age, when I would have been in Norway, but I can only remember a couple of books - one about little demons who lived in your mouth and attacked your teeth if you didn't brush, and one beautifully illustrated story featuring Chinese kids and ducks, which I was delighted to discover at my Norwegian cousin's house when I visited her a while back. I do remember that my brother had a really nice stamp collection, but I licked them all and stuck them to the wall one memorable afternoon when I should have been taking a nap: they looked lovely, but I'm not sure he's ever really forgiven me.
I do remember the stamp incident. It crops up in my frequent nightmares. It reminds me of the line from "On The Waterfront": "Charlie, Charlie, I could have been a philatelist."
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