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Bangkok’s most bizarre eating experiences

Bangkok is well known for its oddities, so it should come as no surprise that it has its fair share of peculiar restaurants. Here are nine of the most bizarre eating spots you’re ever likely to come across in Bangkok. Hajime Robot Restaurant At this futuristic Japanese restaurant, the beady-eyed robots not only bring your [...]

The Monkey King of Beijing Opera

Reader’s Digest November 2011 The Monkey King of Beijing Opera PDF

Plenty of true grit in the city of sandbags

Guardian, October 27: Bangkok is a city of sandbags where instant noodles are like gold dust and bottled water like vintage wine. Amid the panic-induced bare shelves there is bewilderment in the air: what exactly is going to happen to Thailand’s capital? All along downtown Asoke Road, locals have been fortifying their shopfronts, some opting to [...]

On Yer Bike Bangkok

Tiger Tales September-October 2011 On Yer Bike Bangkok PDF

TIMOR-LESTE: Working to Tackle Unemployment

DILI – Tackling unemployment has been one of the main stumbling blocks in the statebuilding process in Timor-Leste, a half-island nation of about 1.1 million people. Nowhere is the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of achieving decent employment for men, women and young people more crucial than for a young, post-conflict nation like Timor-Leste, [...]

The price of volunteering in Thailand

What are the differences between paid and unpaid programs? Volunteers and organizers weigh in Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” It’s perhaps with that thought in mind that thousands of travelers arrive in Thailand every year to volunteer. But it can be difficult [...]

Timor-Leste and a Lethargic New Generation

The Irrawaddy By MATT CROOK JULY 14, 2011 DILI—It was a humid night and I wandered home in the dark, cursing the government of Timor-Leste for yet another power cut in Dili, the country’s tiny capital. I was lumbering up the road to my house, illuminating my path with my mobile to avoid the crater-like potholes, when I [...]

I Go, You Go, We All Go to Bingo

Mouth London, July 12, 2011: Britain’s been bingo-ing mad for a while now, so with that in mind I ventured to Mecca Catford one Saturday with my other half to suss out just how crazy things have got in bingo halls. I’d never played bingo but the advertisements on television had persuaded me that the [...]

10 easy ways to look like a tourist in Bangkok

So you wanna go to Bangkok, but you’re worried about not fitting in with the other tourists? Those fears are understandable. The choices are overwhelming: what not to wear, how to dress without looking like a chump, where to party until the sun comes up. Luckily we’re here to help, so if you don’t want to stick [...]

TIMOR LESTE: Future Lies in the Young Nation’s Hands

DILI – Timor-Leste is a young nation in every sense. Nine years after achieving formal independence in 2002, ending 24 years of savage occupation by the Indonesian army, half of its population of 1.1 million is under the age of 18. Many of its children lost friends and relatives during the Indonesian era and its [...]