Betel Nut Juice

[padaek]

An Akha woman in northern Laos and her love for betel nut.

 

[molested_cow]

Not the most pleasant thing to photograph. Being from Taiwan, it's a major cause for cancer here. It's basically our version of the tobacco.

 

[padaek]

Not the most pleasant thing to photograph. Being from Taiwan, it's a major cause for cancer here. It's basically our version of the tobacco.

Betel nut on its own is relatively harmless, it's when it's mixed with other stuff, especially tobacco, it causes health problems.