Stories about Literature in Malaysia
The dogs of SanglaburiJohn 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
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An Unexpected Visit to the Original People of KeralaYehuda Kovesh - cochinjew [237] The Forest Dwelling Tribal People of Kerala are a distinct group of people, living in their world, as they have done for thousands of years. In the current rush to modernize unevenly in an India,...
Destinations:
Malaysia |
Burma |
Singapore |
Vietnam |
India |
Cambodia
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Film Review: Paradise RoadCeleste Heiter - cheiter [20,914] Film Review: Paradise Road by Celeste Heiter How silent is this place The brilliant sunshine filters through the trees The leaves are rustled by a gentle breeze A wild and open space By shrubs...
Destinations:
Malaysia |
Indonesia |
Singapore |
Japan
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A Stoic of the South SeasKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] Review of Joseph Conrad's Victory
Destinations:
Malaysia
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Baliem valey's mummiesCarlo 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
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Notes of a Skeptical InfidelKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] * * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books, 1982. * * * * * Every day I hear the muezzin's call to prayer stirring the Muslim faithful of Phuket,...
Destinations:
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
Iran |
Indonesia |
Pakistan |
Tehran |
Islamabad |
Jakarta
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Tidapathy in the Rubber RepublicKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] The Allies were not unassisted when they drove the Japanese out of the Asian mainland. Nearly every occupied country had spawned its own resistance movement: Thailand had the "Free Thai"; Vietnam had...
Destinations:
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia
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A Lady on a TrampKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] A review of Victorian Isabella Bird's travels through the Far East.
Destinations:
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
China |
Singapore |
Hong Kong
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Passage of ArmsThingsAsian Booklist - tab [1,449] Title: Passage of Arms. Author: Eric Ambler. Publisher: Vintage (2004) ISBN: 0375726780. Details: paperback, 5" x 8", 246 pages. * * * From the back cover: In this classic thriller, two American...
Destinations:
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia
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The Sound of One Civilization ClashingKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,407] * * * * * Review of V. S. Naipaul's Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples , Abacus, 2002. * * * * * I was on a beach on the island of Ko Samet in Thailand. With me were one...
Destinations:
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
Iran |
Tehran |
Pakistan |
Indonesia |
Islamabad |
Jakarta
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