The lovely lazy river town of Kampot - Cambodia
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The lovely lazy river town of Kampot - Cambodia
Kampot in Cambodia isa charming old colonial river town that has a fine collection of heritage buildings.
Good Reads
The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica
“David Grann writes about Henry Worsley’s solitary trek, which became a singular of character.”
When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office
“A global network of live-work spaces is springing up to serve this new breed of millennial wanderer.”
How New Zealand made Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest
“Auckland, New Zealand: where the writer finds a lovely city built on volcanoes, publicly listed phone numbers, and many signs telling him where not to look for a legendary mountaineer’s home.”
From dusk till dawn: in search of old-school Bangkok
“Novelist Lawrence Osborne revels in the anarchic spirit of a Thai city that is Blade Runner made real, and where mobile bars and food vendors pop up overnight”
The Life and Death of Bombay’s Irani Chai
“The once-thriving chai shops, a vestige of 19th century India, are shuttering at a rapid rate.”
Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1
“Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska.”
Raffles Still Looms Large over Post-colonial Singapore
“The question of whether and how Singapore marks its bicentennial in 2019 throws up searching questions over its colonial and political past.”
Southeast Asia Railways
Rail link planned between Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia's casino kingdom
“The 250km route will be part of a larger network that also connects Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and China.”
The headline makes it sound like there is a direct train being built to a casino city, when in actual fact this is just the most direct route between Saigon and Phnom Penh, and eventually Bangkok.
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Nakhon Ratchasima - Thailand.
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