A trio of saffron-robed monks and three young Australian women pose smilingly outside a Bangkok temple as a photo is taken by one of their travelling companions. The women have just left the temple where they persuaded the monks to be part of a photographic souvenir.
The six stand close together. Just before the photo is taken, the women suddenly drape their arms across the monks' shoulders.
The monks, formerly grinning, are visibly irritated both by this unexpected intimacy and the giggles of passers-by. They retreat silently into their temple.
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