Archive for the ‘Culture & History’ Category
Friday, November 17th, 2017
The 2018 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament will take place on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand from 8-11 March 2018.
Now in its sixteenth year, the festival has become one of the biggest charitable events in Southeast Asia with over US$1.5 million (BHT 50 million) raised ...
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Friday, July 7th, 2017
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral will carry out a massive two-year renovation project from 2017 – 2019 with the approval of the Ho Chi Minh’s municipal government. This is the first major refurbishment for the 137-year-old landmark, one of Saigon’s most famous tourist attractions.
The restoration work will be conducted carefully to ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2017
Bangkok and Chiang Mai may have the richest street food in South East Asia, but Phnom Penh is finally making an effort to join the fray...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Reprinted from the Pandaw Blog
'The Chindwin is the loveliest of rivers...' so wrote my late friend Alister McCrae of his 1930s trip up the great tributary as a young assistant of the Irrawaddy Flotilla*. And so it remains. I have been up a few rivers in my time and the ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2017
Published on Mongabay, 27 January 2017: Story and photo by Luc Forsyth
Divided by promises of compensation, ethnic minority villages in northeastern Cambodia face relocation for a hydropower dam.When completed, the Lower Sesan II dam will inundate 36,000 hectares (89,000 acres) of forest and force 5,000 people to relocate, activists say.
The ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
Step back in time and be mesmerized by spirituality and pace of life of modern day Burma. From temple hopping, exploring the countryside, and discovering the coastline, touring Burma by bike is one of the best ways to experience this truly unique destination.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
A walk through the amazing Angkor Wat with my friend, Vina.
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Friday, November 11th, 2016
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Friday, September 23rd, 2016
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Friday, September 23rd, 2016
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Saturday, August 6th, 2016
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Ride along the Gulf of Thailand and see some of the best coastal scenery in Thailand! Rest in resorts, eat fabulous seafood, go ...
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
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Monday, November 24th, 2014
To those of you in the UK, please watch this - Pailinesque travelogue with lots of useful, insightful knowledge about the wonderful Mekong River and the dangers it faces from over exploitation. Watch on iPlayer
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Friday, August 22nd, 2014
[caption id="attachment_3401" align="alignright" width="660"] Age of modernity: highland men dressed in kotekas display what is said to be a 371-year-old mummy outside of Wamena. Photo: Joanna Mayhew[/caption]Despite their inaccessibility and lack of infrastructure, Indonesia’s remote Papuan highlands have begun to feel the claws of development, leaving the area’s youth at ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_3355" align="alignright" width="660"] Daraga Church with active volcano, Mount Mayon, in the background[/caption]The Philippines has a rich and colourful culture. If you're creating a bucket list of places across the Philippines’ 7107 islands to visit, Ivan About Town’s list of 50 cities (and towns), each with a rich history, ...
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