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Book cover for Antonio Graceffo's upcoming book, Warrior Odyssey.

A Warrior's Odyssey - Interview with Antonio Graceffo

David Calleja - davidcalleja [1,401]

Antonio Graceffo's eagerly anticipated new book, Warrior Odyssey, covers the beginning of his trek throughout Asia. Commencing from 2001, his quest for adventure has developed into a journey of...

Destinations: Malaysia | Burma | Indochina | Vietnam | Korea, S | Taiwan | China | Cambodia | Laos | Thailand | Philippines
Topics: Travel | Literature | Traditions | Culture | People | Religion | War & Conflict | Ancient History
piebald feral, temple market Sangklaburi, Thailand

The dogs of Sanglaburi

John McMahon - dictater2 [261]

When a motor cycle plows into a dog on a dark road in the mountians of thailand I find myself cared for by a women I cant communicate with.

Destinations: Malaysia | United Arab Emirates | Burma | Mekong River | Cambodia | Laos | Thailand | Japan
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Literature | Animals | Music | Traditions | Economy | Culture | Food | Working Abroad | War & Conflict | Ancient History | Architecture
The Gentleman in the Parlour - a travelogue of Maugham's 1923 trip through Burma, Siam, & Indochina

The Orient-ation of Somerset Maugham

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

Review of W. Somerset Maugham's The Gentleman in the Parlour, White Orchid Press, 1995.

Destinations: Burma | Cambodia | Laos | Thailand | Vietnam
Topics: Travel | Literature
The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future, by Milton Osborne

Une Monomanie du Mekong

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

Review of Milton Osborne's "The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future"

Destinations: Cambodia | Laos | Indochina | Vietnam
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History
Dani village in the Kurulu area, Baliem valley, Papua Barat, Indonesia

Baliem valey's mummies

Carlo Ottaviano Casana - cocasana [40]

Wim Tok Mabel's mummy held by one of his descendant. Apparently the mummy is 362 years old. Wim Tok Mabel was a "big man" and everybody in the valley wanted his advices. Even nowadays somebody is...

Destinations: Malaysia | Indonesia | Singapore | Hong Kong | Mekong River | Cambodia | Laos | Burma | Indochina | Maldives | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Literature | 20th Century History | Art | Photography | People | Religion | War & Conflict | Ancient History | Animals | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | Working Abroad | Architecture
Going Nowhere on the Bolivan Plateau

Going Nowhere on the Bolivan Plateau

Joshua Samuel Brown - jbrown [10,401]

Taking the road less traveled has its own peculiar risks, as our humble narrator discovered on a recent unplanned wander through the jungles of southern Laos. It was a beautiful spread of jungle in...

Destinations: Pakxe | Laos
Topics: Culture | Travel | Adventure | Literature | Ecotourism

Thank You for Flying Spook Air

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

Review of Air America, a book not by any means to be confused with the film by the same name. By the author of The Ravens.

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History

Stories from the Wounded Shangri-La

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

When John F. Kennedy announced American military involvement in Laos he mispronounced the name as "Lay-os". He believed that the public could not bear the thought of the mighty US military taking on a...

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Literature

The Last of the Free

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

During the Vietnam War, the Hmong of Laos had the dubious distinction of being at the very bottom of that conflict's pecking order. They constitute a particularly revealing example of an ethnic group...

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History | War & Conflict

Sex, Lies and B-52s

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

* * * * * "There are no fighter pilots down in hell The place is full of queers, navigators, bombardiers, But there are no fighter pilots down in hell." --from The Ravens As long as the dull jingoist...

Destinations: Vientiane | Laos
Topics: Literature | War & Conflict
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