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January 16, 2012

Elephant Gods and Gibbon Songs (Thailand/Laos #2)

Elephant-sized The Thais worship elephants (called ‘chaang’ in Thai;

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January 8, 2012

Lèse Majesté (Thailand/Laos #1)

As the tuktuk crossed the bridge, coming towards me, two plastic bottles flew out

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November 20, 2010

Four Floors in a Fine City (Singapore, Update #7)

  Zero Stars, Insufficient Jets During my last week in Myanmar I received 2

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November 15, 2010

Smoking Monks and Criminal Comedy (Myanmar, Update #6)

  Laughing All The Way to Prison Last week Myanmar had its first

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November 9, 2010

Models for the World, and Soft Rock Ballads (Myanmar, Update...

Hold On n Burma, new cars are as rare as free-speech. In Mawlawmyine (formerly

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November 1, 2010

Burmese Days (Myanmar, Update #4)

As expected, we’ve had a few snags trying to surf the internet since arriving

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October 23, 2010

You Buy From Me!? (Vietnam, Update #3)

High Country When we disembarked after dawn in the highland town of Sapa, we were

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October 19, 2010

Following the Compass Needle (Vietnam Update #2)

Easy Riders There is a special episode of Top Gear where the hosts buy old

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October 15, 2010

You Want Motobike? (Vietnam Update #1)

The Mekong Delta. The name carries with it exotic, dangerous, even haunting

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July 14, 2010

Warping Time (Korea #2)

I write (the beginning of) this as I munch on the results of my final ₩18000:

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July 7, 2010

What’s your Blood Type? (Korea #1)

My friend since grade 9, Jon has been living in Korea for the past two years

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November 9, 2009

Better Late Than Dead (India update #5)

High Tea Our next destination was the northwestern Indian hill station city of

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