January 16, 2012
Elephant-sized The Thais worship elephants (called ‘chaang’ in Thai;
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January 8, 2012
As the tuktuk crossed the bridge, coming towards me, two plastic bottles flew out
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November 20, 2010
Zero Stars, Insufficient Jets During my last week in Myanmar I received 2
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November 15, 2010
Laughing All The Way to Prison Last week Myanmar had its first
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November 9, 2010
Hold On n Burma, new cars are as rare as free-speech. In Mawlawmyine (formerly
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November 1, 2010
As expected, we’ve had a few snags trying to surf the internet since arriving
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October 23, 2010
High Country When we disembarked after dawn in the highland town of Sapa, we were
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October 19, 2010
Easy Riders There is a special episode of Top Gear where the hosts buy old
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October 15, 2010
The Mekong Delta. The name carries with it exotic, dangerous, even haunting
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July 14, 2010
I write (the beginning of) this as I munch on the results of my final ₩18000:
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July 7, 2010
My friend since grade 9, Jon has been living in Korea for the past two years
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November 9, 2009
High Tea Our next destination was the northwestern Indian hill station city of
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