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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 [1,448]

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
To Myanmar With Love

Win Thuya establishes a public library in Bagan

To Myanmar With Love - tomyanmarwithlove [630]

This excerpt is from our favorite chapter in each volume in the To Asia With Love guidebook series. In "Paying It Forward," our writers share ways in which travelers can give back to the countries...

Destinations: Burma | Bagan
Topics: Literature
Poetic Justice: Sin Kye (immediate right) reads out a tribute to Cyclone Nargis victims

...And Poetic Justice For All Civilians of Burma

David Calleja - davidcalleja [1,448]

An elderly poet harnesses the power of words to keep reminding the international community not to forget the hardships endured by the civilians of Burma.

Destinations: Burma
Topics: Literature | War & Conflict
The construction of homes remain unchanged. Reeds and Bamboo are used in the construction. The floor is mud caked into somewhat of a rigid structure, which serves as sleeping quarters

An Unexpected Visit to the Original People of Kerala

Yehuda 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
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Literature | 20th Century History | Traditions | Art | Culture | Food | People | Nature | Ancient History | Architecture
Horse cart, Bagan, Burma.

The Real Burma

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

Review of "Burma behind the Mask", edited by Jan Donkers and Minka Nijhuis, Burma Centrum Nederland, 1996.

Destinations: Burma
Topics: Literature
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 [19,644]

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

Destinations: Burma | Cambodia | Laos | Thailand | Vietnam
Topics: Travel | Literature
Inle Lake, Burma. Photo by Robert George.

Imperial Spoils

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

Review of Terence R. Blackburn's The British Humiliation of Burma, Orchid Press, 2000.

Destinations: Burma
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
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles at a question during a press conference in Yangon in 2002.

The Lady and the Tramplers

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

The title of this slim but fairly comprehensive volume derives from the fact that within Burma it has become customary to refer to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as "the Lady". As its author...

Destinations: Burma | Yangon
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History
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