Adam Bray
Hometown:
Phan Thiet, Viet Nam , United States
Biographical Info:
Adam is a contributor to ThingsAsian Press' "To Asia With Love" Guidebook series, including "To Vietnam With Love" and the upcoming "To Cambodia With Love" and "To Thailand With Love". He is also a contributor to more than a dozen Vietnam and Cambodia guidebooks for Insight Guides, Thomas Cook, Berlitz, DK Eyewitness, Time Out and Sky Publishing (Hong Kong). His work for Transitions Abroad Magazine has also won awards.
Adam has worked with many endangered species, including chimpanzees, bonobos (including the famous apes Kanzi and Panbanisha) and orangutans. He's taken numberous adventures across Northern Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, China, Thailand and Cambodia, before finally settling in Vietnam. Adam is a travel writer, photographer, journalist and web designer, with special expertise in S. Vietnam. Adam has a strong connection to the tourism industry in this area, having worked as a location scout for film. Adam's new album, "Under a Tamarind Tree" is now available on iTunes and other popular music download services.
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Adam Bray's Recent Contributions
Evolution of a Mid-Autumn Festival Float
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See the 5-day progression of a lantern float built for Phan Thiet City's celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam
Destinations:
Phan Thiet |
Vietnam |
Binh Thuan
Topics:
Culture |
Travel |
People |
Festivals |
Performing Arts |
Art |
Traditions
American Expat Discovers Lost Ancient Tomb in Vietnam Jungle
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Great adventures are still to be had--it's not just the realm of Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. This week an American expat in Vietnam discovered an ancient Cham temple buried in the jungles, perhaps lost for more than a millenium.
Destinations:
Vietnam |
Binh Thuan
Topics:
Culture |
Travel |
Adventure |
Religion |
Art |
Traditions |
Ancient History |
Architecture
Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?
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Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yellow Sands), carves the deepest gorge in the world between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (5,596m) and Haba...
Destinations:
Yunnan |
Himalayas |
Tibet |
Lijiang River |
China |
Yangtze River
Topics:
Travel |
National Parks |
Adventure |
Animals |
Ecotourism |
Culture |
People |
Sports |
Nature |
Architecture
SARS & Vinegar: The Untold Story of Mainland China
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When news of the outbreak spread across the globe, foreign tourists, expats and journalists fled Hong Kong and the mainland. With few outsiders remaining in rural China, little news of the epidemic...
Destinations:
Yunnan |
China |
Lijiang River |
Sichuan |
Chengdu
Topics:
Culture |
Travel |
Adventure |
People |
Animals
The Challenges of Being a Writer in Vietnam
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Living in a developing country, let alone a communist country, presents a unique set of challengers for expat writers.
