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   Pondering Phuket

   British writers Christopher Hitchens and Martin Amis have both mocked travel writers for the...

   Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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   Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

   * * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books,...

   Indonesia / Malaysia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

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   Xi’an: Where China Became a Nation

   The author visits China's Terra Cotta army, in the ancient city of Xi’an.

   China Habeeb Salloum

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   The Last Tribes of Mindanao, the Manobo, river people of Cotabato.

     Manobo, the name may came from Mansuba from man (person or people) and suba (river), meani...

   Philippines Ronald de Jong

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   Destination Mindanao ...at last!!

   An estimated 4, 7 million foreigners visited the Philippines in the year 2013 and the expectation...

   Philippines Ronald de Jong

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   Monsoon Phuket

   Phuket in August! It's monsoon season! Why go all that way for rain? When learning that we were r...

   Thailand Robert Tompkins

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   Wedding in Bali

   Weddings in Bali require lots of work by everyone in the family. While biking near Tanah Lot we w...

   Indonesia MaryLou Driedger

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   Killing for honour in India

   Indian newlyweds take armed protection against villagers who say their marriage has dishonoured t...

   India AFP/Elizabeth Roche

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   A Primer of Modern India

   In the days preceding Indian Independence Day, hordes of street children sell small paper tricolo...

   India Kenneth Champeon

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    Indonesian porn law threatens Papua traditions

    A new anti-pornography law criminalising all works and "bodily movements" deemed obscene and capa...

    Indonesia AFP/Aubrey Belford

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    A Quantumly Different Bali

    Writing this story is not going to be easy. It's bit like trying to describe a wooden box, not kn...

    Indonesia Graham Simmons

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    Fortress Of Gold In The Abode Of Death

    I scrutinised my travelling companion. His coat was moth-eaten and dusty, his teeth looked like s...

    India Susan Storm

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    'Tis the season for Lebanese women to catch a man

    In Beirut, young women who far outnumber men. Estimates are that for every eligible man there are...

    Lebanon AFP/Jocelyne Zablit

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    Terracotta Warriors

    It was a typical day in March in 1974. As usual, Chinese villagers living along the Wei River are...

    China Heng Wah

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    Daily Life on the Mekong (photo-essay)

    Life on the Mekong Delta isn't all that different from how it's lived anywhere else. These pictur...

    Vietnam Elizabeth Briel

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    Penang's Religious Attractions

    With so many things to do, see and eat in Penang, it is not surprising to find that time simply z...

    Malaysia Audrey Lim

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    Extreme Skiing in Indian Kashmir

    The 2,000-metre (6,600-foot) vertical descent to Gulmarg, a village in revolt-hit Indian-administ...

    China / India AFP/Stefan Smith

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    The (com)Promised Land Dispatch 5: Kingdoms of Sand and Stone

    I'll tell you what I love. I love standing in the dusty no-man's-land between two borders, feelin...

    Jordan / Israel Jeff Greenwald

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    In Search Of Old Jakarta

    Sunda Kelapa now, as in pre-colonial days, is a truly Indonesian port. A visit to its ancient doc...

    Indonesia Tom Cockrem

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    Cebu Paradise, History So Affluent

    “Travel + Leisure”, a New York based magazine, has just classified Cebu as one of the best is...

    Philippines Junfil Olarte

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