Leapfrogging?

If I say to you that in a remote, off the grid floating village in Cambodia, Chong Kneas, you can get a picture of yourself printed on a plate in less than an hour would you believe me? It sounds crazy, specially if you see the place, but it is true!




It goes like this...You are about to enter to the small (Mad Max) boat that will get you in 10' to the floating village, when a kid is taking you a photo (wondering why...?). You go to see the floating village, and by the time you are back and you get out of the boat, a cute little girl is showing your picture printed (or better sticked...) on a kitsch plate, decorated around your picture with the Angkor Wat and is asking for $5 per plate! Nobody bought a plate, as it was really kitsch...but it would be good if we had bought one just to show it to you...

As far as it concerns the plates, don't worry nothing gets in waste in Cambodia...they just pill off the sticker with your picture and a new one takes its place...

Isn't that a great example of what leapfrogging can do? With a little bit more taste and design, I am sure the smart Cambodia entrepreneurs could sell hundreds of these, generating valuable income for themselves