Cambodia travel
Cities
Southeast Asia travel
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Exploring Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city
Situated on the banks of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers, Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia and a less-bustling counterpart to Hanoi or Bangkok. As a travel destination, it’s not as heavily visited as the country’s main tourism draw, the mighty ruins of Angkor. It is an underrated city with some charms of […]
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Cities
Sri Lanka travel
Travel
Exploring Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo
In a country as flush with great traveling destinations like Sri Lanka, the capital city Colombo hardly gets any mention. Now, if you’re flying in from elsewhere, chances are it will be to Colombo. From there, most people will go on to other places like Kandy or Galle or the beach towns along the west […]
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Cities
Museums
Sri Lanka travel
Travel
Visiting Sri Lanka’s National Museum of Colombo
Sri Lanka is a small island country that is probably one of the world’s best travel destinations. One reason is that this small country has over 2,000 years of recorded history and is rich in culture and ancient architecture. In the capital of Colombo, the best place to experience this history is the National Museum […]
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China
China travel
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Visiting the ancient village of Hongcun in Anhui
One of two old UNESCO World Heritage Site villages near Huangshan, Hongcun is the most attractive Chinese village I’ve ever been to (not that I’ve been to that many, but trust me, it is beautiful). Situated next to a stream, with a small lake in front of it, Hongcun is also where scenes from the […]
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Cities
Malaysia travel
Museums
Southeast Asia travel
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Visiting Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
As the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur features the National Museum, the country’s main history museum. However, its best museum is the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. Despite its name, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia features a large collection of historical artifacts from across the Islamic world including weapons, ceramics, and copies of the Islamic holy […]
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Hong Kong travel
Museums
Travel
Visiting Hong Kong Museum of History
Hong Kong is a tiny city-state that is more well known for finance and business than history. But the fact is Hong Kong, as an urban settlement, has a history of over 150 years, while villages in its rural New Territories have been around for over 500! The Hong Kong Museum of History is a […]
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Book reviews
Books
Book review- The Sympathizer
Lots of books have been written about the Vietnam War but most of those have been about the US experience. The Sympathizer is a novel about the war from a Vietnamese perspective, but even this is a little complicated. The protagonist is a South Vietnamese captain and aide of a special police general, both of whom flee […]
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