Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer
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Meet the AuthorListen now (39 min) | You know me - I send you an email every Saturday with a new travel story. But did you know that I once studied Chinese in Suzhou? For this week only, I am the interviewee
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A man far ahead of his time, Vann Molyvann was a talented 30 year-old architect who in the late 1950s was entrusted with the keys to the kingdom by Nor…
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Meet four foreigners who visited Laos, fell in love with the country's spiritual capital of Luang Prabang, and decided to give back to their new home b…
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On a trip to the resort area of Khao Lak - north of Phuket - I uncovered the tragic story of the 2004 tsunami, which had been marked forever by two unf…
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A Life in RuinsListen now (27 min) | Meet Paulo Bonini, the lively narrator of his own videos exploring the lost temples of Cambodia. Between trips, he reveals the da…
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For almost its entire lifespan Hong Kong has been a city caught between two worlds, colonial and Chinese, but - at least in terms of built heritage - t…
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Once a thriving 20th century neighbourhood full of foreigners and returning overseas Chinese, the beautiful tree-lined streets of Dongshankou have been…
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Down a tiny alleyway close to Phnom Penh's Royal University, a small thrift shop called Clothesline is bringing big changes to the city's growing secon…
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