Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer
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Meet Gary Bowerman, one of the foremost analysts of Southeast Asian travel, author of a fine book on Chinese travelers, and who once broke his wrist cl…
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For French architect Antoine Meinnel, a chance visit to Cambodia saw him fall in love with the country's heritage architecture, and invent fresh ways t…
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With his new book, Hong Kong author Larry Feign reveals the 'true' story of legendary South China pirate Shek Yang, the flower boat girl who became a f…
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Once a colonial backwater known for its sleepiness, this former fishing village on the southeastern coast of Cambodia is rapidly becoming the country's…
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Undiscovered by Westerners until the 1960s, the Thai island of Samui, with its jungle-clad mountains and coral-covered seas, still retains a sense of t…
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For author Sam Ferrer, writing his first novel The Last Gods of Indochine was not only a voyage into the distant past of Angkor Wat, it was also a jour…
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More than 40 years into a career spent marveling at nature, environmental legend John 'Caveman' Gray is still paddling for the environment in the water…
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By exploring their own limits, Bangkok design firm Supermachine – led by founder Jack Chaowakul – are challenging the boundaries of modern Thai archite…
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Once the capital of the ancient Lanna Kingdom, and far removed from the kingdom's centre of power, Thailand's northern city of Chiang Mai has become it…
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Meet Tim Newton, who left behind the cold winter of Melbourne for a new adventure in sunny Phuket, along the way discovering the best (and worst) of Am…
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After years of struggling with my identity, I ended up defining myself as Hong Kong British, but can an expat kid with a German surname ever really be …
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There's no place like home for Aroon Dada, owner of Phuket's best roti shop in the heart of the island's Old Town, and purveyor of tasty treats like hi…
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