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Disillusioned Western men seek to Thai the knot | ThingsAsian
Mail-order brides meet the Internet in Thailand.
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A Day on Sisowath Quay | ThingsAsian
It was with some trepidation that I ventured to visit Sisowath Quay, after an absence of a few years. Phnom Penh's main riverside boulevard was in my memory...
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Bogor Botanic Garden Kebun Raya Bogor | ThingsAsian
My experience in the world class botanical garden, Kebun Raya Bogor, is varied. Just like Indonesian people, their culture and their food, there are lots of...
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Briton breathes life into stone to recreate Indonesia's maritime glory | ThingsAsian
Briton Philip Beale has breathed life into stone -- using a ninth century temple carving to build a replica of an Indonesian ship which will retrace an ancient...
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Siena Verganio | ThingsAsian
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Japan reforms universities to stimulate research | ThingsAsian
TOKYO, Dec 9, 2003 - Japan's public universities, modelled on late 19th century Western academic institutions, are undergoing profound change. It is a colossal...
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Walking Hanoi's Old Quarter | ThingsAsian
If you only have time to do one thing in Hanoi, we recommend that you take the time to walk through Hanoi's Old Quarter. After all, the history of Hanoi goes...
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Four Women in Tibet: The Journey to Everest | ThingsAsian
Looking for fellow travelers to trek to Everest Base Camp. See April at the Yak Hotel. Two days after I post this notice around Lhasa, four women have joined...
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The Almost Forgotten City of Hoi An, Vietnam | ThingsAsian
Hoi An, Vietnam, is a beautiful small city that retains a lot of its past with preserved European...
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Ca Na Beach & Vinh Hao | ThingsAsian
At Vinh Hao and Ca Na the rocky mountains tumble into the sea in one of the most rugged landscapes in the country.
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Pining in HK for fresh Taipei air | ThingsAsian
Had someone suggested to me in 1994 that in 2006 I'd be pining for the clean air of Taipei, I'd have suggested they pay a visit to the Mackay Hospital...
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A Brush With Death in Upcountry Laos | ThingsAsian
Although the Mekong River offers a peaceful backdrop, even paradise cannot mask the pain of family members losing a loved one. David Calleja reports from...
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Religion: India's Comfort and Curse | ThingsAsian
In an exercise in which my Indian students were asked to finish the sentence "I believe that...", commonly they asserted God's existence or God's having...
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Breakfast in Asia | ThingsAsian
Dinner inspires all the glamour, and lunch is often a great adventure. But breakfast, lowly breakfast, is so often taken for granted that hotels routinely just...
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Corregidor Island: A Legacy of War | ThingsAsian
Corregidor Island obviously is well-known for its valiant task in the Second World War (a thing that should not be). Such war was despicable. It was one of the...
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Elaine Head | ThingsAsian
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Unite with Mother Nature | ThingsAsian
Sekeping Serendah Retreat is a back-to-basics getaway for those who want nothing more than just Mother Nature and serenity. You get the beautiful outdoors and...
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Film Review: The Scent of Green Papaya | ThingsAsian
Eating, sleeping, and staying clean...Life's most basic concerns. Yet they take on a transcendent quality in this visually delicious film, known in French as...
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Krishna Bogati | ThingsAsian
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Recipe: Cold Yogurt and Cucumber Soup - Shawrabat Laban Barida | ThingsAsian
Serves 6 to 8 5 cups yogurt 1 cucumber, about 6 inches long, peeled and finely chopped 2 cups water 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander leaves 3...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral In Saigon, Vietnam | ThingsAsian
All you need to know about Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral.
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The Damage Done, The Memoir Written, The Royalties Made. | ThingsAsian
A review of the popular book The Damage Done by Warren Fellows, an Australian imprisoned in Thailand for drug trafficking.
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Susan Storm | ThingsAsian
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Thailand | Page 10 | ThingsAsian
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Bhutan | ThingsAsian
With its Shangri-La reputation, the Himalayan kingdom casts a spell over discerning travelers.
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Bombay: Turmoil and a Heart-Shaped Balloon | ThingsAsian
Far from Bombay is the hill station of Dalhousie, located in Himachal Pradesh. Dalhousie is peaceful, slow-paced, its residents genial. There, my travelling...
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Gaijin Teachers | ThingsAsian
I read with interest an article by Robert Fulford titled "A Canadian Journalist in Japan". He said that "certain Westerners visiting Japan develop an attitude...
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Over the Moon for Orange Cows: Easing the Plight of Vietnamese Farmers | ThingsAsian
For civilians in Quang Loi commune, any addition to their family that alleviates the hardships of the atrocities committed during the Vietnam War and their...
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Hill Tribe | ThingsAsian
Last year, as I planned my second trip back to Vietnam, a question bothered me. How can I find a way to thank the Vietnamese people for their kindness and love...
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Cameron Highlands (two years later) | ThingsAsian
The author revisits Cameron Highlands...
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Sheri Quirt | ThingsAsian
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The Floating World | ThingsAsian
An essay on the geisha, drawing on two books on the subject - Liza Dalby's Geisha and Lesley Downer's Geisha: The Secret history of a Vanishing World.
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Cruising Kyushu | ThingsAsian
It's Japan's southernmost main island, the "Hawaii" of the country. Cruising Kyushu takes you way off the beaten track, away from the tourist crowds of Nara...
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The Challenges of Being a Writer in Vietnam | ThingsAsian
Living in a developing country, let alone a communist country, presents a unique set of challengers for expat writers.
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Food Spot: Restaurant Melody | ThingsAsian
This is where you will find one of the best char kuey teow (fried flat noodles) in town.
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The Almost Forgotten City of Hoi An, Vietnam | ThingsAsian
Hoi An, Vietnam, is a beautiful small city that retains a lot of its past with preserved European...
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The Proverbial Real-Life Paradise | ThingsAsian
If you think about it, the perfect tropical island can't really be reviewed in any lengthy way. There'll be white sand, coconut palms, turquoise water -...
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Heaven on Earth: Buddha Mountain and Wat Yan | ThingsAsian
There are probably as many Buddha images in Thailand as there are people. As Thailand's population is 60 million, this makes for a lot of Buddhas: rare is the...
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Twenty-Four Hours to Kill in Bangkok | ThingsAsian
Bangkok. Once it was a dreamy, Asian city laced with tree-lined canals. Today, it's a modern metropolis, an out-of-control concrete virus with traffic so bad...
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A Beginner's Guide to Yu-Gi-Oh | ThingsAsian
Breaker the Magical Warrior, Exodia the Forbidden One, Summoned Skull, Buster Blader. "What the heck are they?" you may ask. If you guessed that they are...
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Myanmar's Chin women's face tattoos | ThingsAsian
Facial inking, once a rite of passage for young ethnic minority Chin women in the remote northwest of military-dominated Myanmar, ceased two generations ago...
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Film Review: The Forsaken Land | ThingsAsian
The Forsaken Land, winner of the Best First Film Award at Cannes in 2005. Written and directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara.
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Japan | Page 14 | ThingsAsian
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Zen | ThingsAsian
Bongggggg. The bell sounds. The meditation begins. 1.......... 2............3................. I work for a wonderful group of people in Kyoto. They run a...
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Sapa Smiles | ThingsAsian
Sapa, in Vietnam's North, is home to several hilltribes people who still sell their traditional handicrafts and wear their traditional outfits in town. They...
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Religious Harmony in Singapore | ThingsAsian
Seated near the head of a long table, Roman Catholic nun Theresa Seow leads 14 people including Sikhs, a Taoist, Muslims and Hindus in silent prayer before the...
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The Last Tribes of Mindanao, The Tausug, People of the Current. | ThingsAsian
Tausug or Suluk is the name of an Islamized tribal group in the Sulu archipelago, and is taken from the words tau meaning man and sug meaning current....
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