Mention Luang Prabang to anyone who recognizes the name – and outside of Southeast Asian travellers, that’s no easy trick – and blissful rumors gush from their mouths.
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Even More Relaxing (20060630)
Not Much in Nong Khiaw (20060629)
Laos is like a slice of mystery meat that wonderfully turns out to be the best thing you’ve eaten in six years. Except, of course, that you can’t eat a country. Everybody knows that.
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Things Not to Do in Beijing When You’re Bored (20060522)
Most of the following column is an email from a friend of mine about some of the dumb and dangerous things you can do in Beijing when you don’t keep your wits about you. I’ll say this, though: be careful, especially of people who want to be your friend.
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Trekking to the Tribe (20060625)
While the eco-tourism kayaking trip that I took was fun and educational, despite one niggling, naive French boy, the 30 km round-trip trek my Financial and Menu Adviser and I did two days later taught me some unexpected things.
Mostly though, I learned what an undeniable badass my FMA is.
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The Importance of Thirty-Eight Dollars (20060624)
The FMA and I had so much fun kayaking down the Tha River, we decided to give a trek a try.
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‘Laxing in Laos, Vetting for Villages (20060622-23)
There have been no bug bites of horrific consequence, but then, I’ve only been back in Laos for a few days.
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Recommended China (20060621)
Offering recommendations on China is tricky business. Imagine a country where nearly every city block and major freeway changes location every few hours, like a self-contorting Rubick’s cube, and you’ll have a close enough approximation of the place.
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