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Laos’ Plain of Jars: A Forgotten and Neglected Wonder
By Rich Luhrs While not nearly as famous or touristed as England's Stonehenge, the Plain of Jars in northern Laos...
Phnom Penh Tour by Cyclo: A Beautiful Intrusion
By Scott Liam Soper After searching for a neat sounding architecture tour of the city I live in, I signed...
Touching Down in Phnom Penh: Dust, Fumes and a Gritty, Frenetic City
By Mizaru Phnom Penh is not yet a CNN.go city. What it is is a go-kart city. Every sound and...
Street Art and Escapism in Busan: down the Rabbit Hole at Taeguk Village
By Ben Cowles After canning it up the hill at what must have been record speed, I couldn’t get off...
The Korean Look Travels Well in China
By David Wills During my three years in South Korea, there wasn’t much the locals would say to me about...
Expert Travel Shut Down, Scammer Kang (aka Kim) Still out There
By Iwazaru How do you stop a scammer? You contact the police, present evidence of the scam and wait for...
Travelers Beware: Serial Scammer on the Loose and Doing Business
By Iwazaru If you’re planning on travelling this winter pay very close attention to whom that travel agent is claiming...
Stepping into the Unknown: Danger, Generosity and the Buddhist Mind on the Wonhyo Pilgrimage (Podcast)
By Iwazaru Seven full days into the more than 400 kilometer pilgrimage across the Korean peninsula in an attempt to...
Weekend Getaway: A Postcard from Sokcho (ghosts and all)
By Mizaru In the sun cased morning Sokcho is just like it’s supposed to look. The pretty blue colors on...
The New ‘Shanghaied’ (and it isn’t all that bad)
By Jake Reed Six years after first moving to Asia and I find myself becoming lazy. Lazy in my desire...
In the Footsteps of Wonhyo — A 21st Century Pilgrimage
By Simon Phillips On December 4, a motley crew of academics, explorers, and journalists will pioneer a journey which has...
Korean Media Finally Covers Zenith Travel Scam: Police Investigation Underway
By 3WM After months of ratcheted up pressure on forums and then via 3WM and finally through the Korea Herald,...
The Blind Musician of Singapore
By Belle Crawford In Singapore we met a blind musician who plays a keyboard and sings in the underground near...
Letter from China—Stumbling upon “The Spirit Tourist”: A Rant
By Jake Reed This is Part 2 of Jake's Chengdu travel. Read Part 1 here. Chengdu might not be the...
Letter on Japan: Before and After the Quake (Pt. 2)
By Sam Sheppard Overwhelmingly, at least until the earthquake struck, the Koreans I met chose to ignore Japan as much...