The book “Aigu! They don’t eat silkworm larvae!” introduces the reader to the life and lifestyle of people in the countries of Southeast Asia. The author and her husband traveled for four hundred days to Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, consciously exchanging the comfortable life of Moscow middle managers for a modest existence with a small budget. Most of the work is devoted to volunteering during travel - a fascinating, but unfortunately little known phenomenon in Russia. This book does not describe holidays in luxury hotels and trips on excursions with a Russian-speaking guide, but there is a lot of exciting things: working on farms for housing and food, life in the Asian outback, suspicious food, strange people and even a volcanic eruption. And, of course, real friendship. Author's blog: The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.