Northern Thailand and Myanmar. Although it was 2004, and both places have changed a good bit, the minority "Hill Tribes" people, like the Karen, continue to receive exploration and death from both governments and people on both sides of many borders. I saw real poor, not American poor and it gives perspective. I met a man who asked how much my gold college class ring cost. When I told him the dollar amount his eyes grew huge with surprise. He said, that is how much I earn and feed a family of five with for a year. I was forever changed.