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The Forgotten Frontier

A forbidden journey into Upper Burma unearths some remarkable secrets buried deep in the jungle.

Published in Mpora Magazine

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A Slap-Up Good Shrine

The Bangkok place of worship offering to redeem your body as well as your soul. Just so long as you don’t mind getting slapped around a little.

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No Reservations

The Art of the Clueless - why the best travel plans might just be the ones you never make.

Published in Nikkei Asia

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Enter the Dragon

The remote Indonesian islands where mythical creatures have come to life.

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Getting to the Point

Just why exactly are Malaysian Tamils skewering their own skin in the pursuit of happiness?

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Basket Cases?

Why the Vietnamese might not be as crazy as they first appear.

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Flight Shaming

Can the train really beat the plane? I ride the rails from Bangkok to Singapore to find out.

Published in Nikkei Asia

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Culture Vultures

What’s really “yours” anyway? How we all appropriated our own cultures.

Published in Nikkei Asia

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Happy Beginnings

Anyone for a spot of prison massage?

Published in Nikkei Asia

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