Leaf: Bhela (Jasmine); one of the gifts God gives to soothe the pounding heat of and Indian summer. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: We fill out a lot of forms in this life of ours. Yesterday we filled out fourteen forms to get a visa on arrival at the Laos border. Today we filled out forms for new Thai visas at the embassy in Vientiane. Bring on the scribbles! (Vientiane, Laos)