A statue of a rotund man in North Fitzroy, Melbourne

A statue of a rotund man in North Fitzroy, Melbourne in November 2016

A t-shirt at a night market in Nakhonratchasima (Khorat), Thailand. "i'm not fat I'm just full of love"

A t-shirt at a night market in Nakhonratchasima (Khorat), Thailand in February 2012. "i'm not fat I'm just full of love"

Advert for the Biggest Loser television weight loss show in Civic, Canberra

Advert for the Biggest Loser television weight loss show in Civic, Canberra in May 2013

Hard Rock cafe t-shirt

Man on a motorbike with a Hard Rock cafe t-shirt in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand in August 2010

Relaxing on the beach

Woman relaxing on the beach on an island off Kho Phi Phi Don, Ao Nang, Southern Thailand in February 2012

Fat and thin

Sexy Thai woman and an obese man on a motorbike in Chiang Mai, Thailand in June 2011

Over tattooed?

Couple at an islet near Koh Poda, Ao Nang, Thailand in February 2012. Too many tattoos?

Little fat!

Little fat shop sign on Jomsurangyard Road in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima), Thailand in January 2012. For the "larger" ladies. Not very PC!

Supersized!

Large man on a motorbike in Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat), Thailand in June 2011

Big motorbike rider

Big woman on a motorbike in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011.

Feast and famine

This couple asked this man to take their photo in Christchurch, New Zealand in November 2010. . What a contrast

Fat shop

Fat clothes shop sign in Chapel Street, Prahran, Melbourne, in September 2010

Love tattoo

An obese man with interesting tattoos. I saw him sitting on a street corner in Sukhumvit, Bangkok in October 2008 and he was happy to pose.

West in east

This picture encapsulates for me the all too frequent image of a western tourist in south east Asia, in this case in the Mekong Delta in March 2008. A picture paints a thousand words, the words are for you to fill in depending on your prejudices or desires.