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Book review- Asia’s Cauldron
The South China Sea has been the biggest flash point in Asia for the past few years. Surrounded by multiple nations, but heavily contested by one that is furthest away from it, the sea is a vital conduit for regional trade with over $5 trillion worth of shipping passing through it each year. It is […]
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Museums
South Korea travel
Travel
Visiting Seoul’s War Memorial of Korea museum
Seoul is a great city to visit for many reasons, one of them being that it has several impressive museums like the National Museum of Korea history museum and the War Memorial of Korea. The War Memorial of Korea is the most impressive military museum I’ve ever visited. It has an actual air armada and […]
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Japan travel
Museums
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Visiting the Tokyo National Museum
Despite its name, Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s main history museum as well as the country’s largest art museum. Located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park and built in 1872, the museum features several large collections in separate buildings. I’ve been to this museum twice and I still haven’t seen everything. The Tokyo National Museum is the best […]
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Book review- The Last Train to Zona Verde
In The Last Train to Zona Verde, American writer Paul Theroux journeys along the western side of Africa starting from Cape Town, the continent’s southernmost city. It’s an ambitious trip, Theroux’s last in Africa, that would have seen him travel up the western part of the continent. But Theroux does not complete it. Dispirited, beaten down and […]
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Book review- Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
The Trans-Siberian Express is one of the world’s most famous transcontinental journeys, spanning Russia from Moscow to Siberia. But in American novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux’s Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, the Trans-Siberian is merely his way back home after a gruelling journey from London to Tokyo across Asia, mostly by train. Theroux crossed […]
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Singapore travel
Southeast Asia travel
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Visiting Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum
Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum brings together exhibits from across Asia including China, India, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Indonesia etc). It also features a few contemporary art works from local and regional artists. The Tang Shipwreck exhibition showcases Chinese objects salvaged from the wreck of a 9th century ship that was sailing from China to […]
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Japan travel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Ueno district
Tokyo is a city with so many things to see and explore, you need to divide it up by districts. While Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ginza are very well-known, there are older districts that are a little more laid-back but still very interesting. The two times I’ve been to Tokyo, I stayed in the middle of […]
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