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• Scribbles in Chinatown – Kuala Lumpur Street Art

  

  This is downtown Chinatown, Kuala LumpurIt’s unbearably humid, incredibly loud, packed with clueless tourists and avaricious swindlers, plus the putrid odours... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Is That An Effigy In Your Pocket? The Phallus Shrine of Railay

  

  IT WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL MORNING in Thailand. Except we were in Ao Nang. And Ao Nang is a shit town. So we caught a longboat over to Railay and rented out a... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Big Chunky Charlie: Tourist Guilt in Maya Bay

  

  I’D HEARD that the place was going to be busy. The weird moronic western dude behind the desk at our hotel told us as much when we enquired about the place. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Hindu Times

  

  A couple of things struck me right away upon exiting Kuala Lumpur International Airport. One: The unbearable humidity; and two: The multiculturalism. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hoods: Danggam Style

  

  Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. And thanks to the country’s fixation with capitalism, everywhere on the southern half of the peninsular... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Historically Disreputable: Oncheonjang at Night

  

  The entire neighbourhood of Oncheonjang stretches out from the wall-to-ceiling window of my 9th floor flat. It would be a glorious view of Mt. Geumjeong, if it... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cycling the Urban Jungle: The Oncheon Stream

  

  Freddie Mercury never made it to Busan. Though I’m sure if he did (ignoring the impossibilities of time travel and necromancy), he’d want to get on his bike... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Beyond the DMZ: You Too Can Visit North Korea

  

  The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: a socialist paradise guided by the hands of the eternal president Kim Il Sung… or an Orwellian state of impoverished... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Prease to Enjoy: Dysgrammatophilia

  

  Lets Speaking EngrishI don’t quite know why I enjoy bad English written on important looking signs so much. Perhaps it’s the awkward placement of the words,... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bad Times in Shinjuku

  

  I shuffled in ahead of my friends to a bathroom full of bare-arsed Japanese salary-men getting ready for another gruelling 16-hour shift. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest: Hong Kong

  

  Hong Kong is a city of contrasts, an assault on the senses, the resting place of the British Empire, and China’s capitalist wet dream. Whatever cheesy... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Strays

  

  Cats: The internet is full of them. So, in a vain attempt to pull more traffic to Monkeyboy Goes, I’ve finally stooped to this….Through the course of my... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Hong Kong

  

  “A Weekend Warrior: A person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party/go on trips/partake in awesome activities, and thus... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• K-Pop

  With so little time to do anything productive this month, you’d think I’d find something better to do with myself. I could have studied a language, planned my... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hoods: Painting In Dongpirang

  

  Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. And thanks to the country’s fixation with capitalism, everywhere on the southern half of the peninsular... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Korean Street Food: A Peninsular Culinary Adventure

  

  Korean cuisine is a cornucopia brimming with hot soups, stringy noodles, barbecued meats, unidentified vegetables and lip melting spices. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Hoods: The Cheongsapo Ghetto

  

  Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. Everywhere looks pretty much the same: High rise apartment blocks, coffee shops, Home Plus super... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Busan

  

  “A Weekend Warrior as defined by urbandictionary.com: A person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party/go on trips/partak... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Road Trippin’ Geoje-do

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was origi [...] Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sleeping in a Box: The Capsule Hotel Experience

  

  A note from the editor-in-chimp: You can also read this [...] Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL