Croissants and cameras

What have these things to do with each other? Well, not much, I just don't want to start too many posts...
It's nothing precisely Asian, but I enjoy them every morning: fresh, crispy croissants. A legacy from colonial times, you can find them not only in the pure tourist restaurants. Together with a tasty Laotian coffee it's a great breakfast. Yes, Laos grows its own coffee... I'm heading south now and I guess I will tell more about this topic later...
Concerning the croissants: in almost 2 years in Barcelona I haven't come across tasty croissants... what are they doing there and what could be a solution to this disgrace? Work camps in Laotian or Vietnamese bakeries for every Spanish baker? Quite costly, I know, but maybe it would be worth it...

I was asked to publish some photos... well, I took two cameras along, but both of them are not digital. I had to find out that the one I got repaired in Barcelona, still don't work... So there's only one left, which I need to use for the black and white-films of the planned reportages.
I was looking around a bit, but Vientiane isn't Bangkok. Looking at my budget, I simply couldn't afford paying 200 US-$ for a fairly decent digital camera. Yet I stumbled upon a solution: in one store I found something which ressembles a camera, uses 200 ASA color negative film and is about the most primitive thing I have seen in my life... but I paid only 25 $ for it... so I'm going to give it a try... it just takes a while, because first I have to shoot the film, later get it devellopped and scanned on CD. Then I have to find someone to show my how to place the pictures in internet... I admit, I'm not really up to date concerning some simple everyday-things of the year 2007...
So expect some photos in about 2 or 3 weeks... if this so-called camera functions...