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Jack VanNoord

 

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Biographical Info:

Jack VanNoord has been a teacher and professional photographer for the past twenty years.  In August of 2009 he moved with his wife and two school-aged daughters to Hong Kong for the sheer adventure of it all.

His work has been published in the Chicago Suntimes, the Chicago Tribune, and First Things a journal of faith and philosophy.  

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Jack VanNoord's Recent Contributions

Practices surrounding child birth vary from culture to culture

Yuezi doozie

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Eighty percent of women in China still observe the practice. As recently as a generation ago, it would have been almost 100% percent.

Destinations: China | Hong Kong
Topics: Culture | People | Women & Travel | Traditions
Traditional dancers in Cambodia

Looney Planet travel guides

Jack VanNoord - jackvannoord [678]

At first, it was subtle. But the more I read, the more I saw a pattern emerge.

Destinations: Cambodia | Thailand
Topics: Culture | Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History
among the temples of ankor Wat

Tomb Raiders

Jack VanNoord - jackvannoord [678]

One of the coolest aspects of a day spent among the temples at Angkor Wat is the unrestricted access visitors are granted. In Europe or North America, everything -justifiably so- would be cordoned...

Destinations: Cambodia
crossing the border from Thailand to Cambodia

on Crossing the Border from Thailand to Cambodia

Jack VanNoord - jackvannoord [678]

For the fourth time that day we allowed ourselves to be put in the hands of a complete stranger who spoke little or no English to be taken who-knows-where. I took a deep breath and had to force myself...

Destinations: Cambodia | Thailand
Topics: Culture | Travel | Adventure | People
in the village

on visiting a Kayan Lahwi Village

Jack VanNoord - jackvannoord [678]

A part of me thinks it would be better to stay home.

Destinations: Thailand | Hong Kong
Topics: Culture | Economy | People | Adventure | Photography | Traditions
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