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LATEST ARTICLES ( 90 )

• A Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Macau

  

  “A Weekend Warrior: A person who holds a regular job du [...] Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest: Yasukuni Shrine

  

  Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial site of worship in the Centre of Tokyo. What’s so controversal about a shrine? We’ll this one harbours the souls of just... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Yasukuni Shrine: My Grandfather Died For This Country

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally published here on Asia Pundits. Do me a favour and read it there too! Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Fortress in Jinju

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally written for 10 Mag. You can read it in the December 2013 issue or on their website here It was... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Seoul

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally publish here on Travel Wire Asia. Go check it out there, too! The pictures over there are much... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest: Shangri-la County

  

  The neon madness of Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong, where I’d spend much of the last decade, were miles and miles behind me. Geographically I was closer to home tha... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Peace and Serenity in Shangri-la

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally publish here on Travel Wire Asia. Go check it out there, too! Utterly exhausted, I slumped the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Taipei

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally publish here on Travel Wire Asia. Go check it out there, too! The pictures featured here were... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest: Tokyo Light

  

  As the sun dips down in the West on its 40-thousand kilometre journey, the megalithic city of Tokyo makes its own light.Here are a selection of photos... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest: Is This The Asia You’re Looking For? Pt.1

  

  Is this the Asia you’re looking for?Photos by Ben Cowles Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Monkey Tube: The Sushi Trail

  

  Sometimes you’ve just got to be the horrible Gaijin, that some people think you are. I felt pretty cheeky placing my shitty little camera on the revolving... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest! Beomeosa: The Nirvana Fish Temple in the Snow

  

  Beomeosa (범어사) translating awesomely, as Nirvana Fish Temple has – according to my extensive wikipedia research – been perching high above... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fotophest! Busan Pixelated

  

  Well, the Earth has completed yet another cosmic twirl around our bright star. And while that sentence is just about cheesy enough to make Mickey Mouse himself... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Reverse Culture Shock: The Story of Galbi Alley and the Difficulties Exporting...

  

  photo by Claire Gunn, printed by the (sort of) permission of Coenraad Groenewald“I would say, I haven’t earned a single cent since I’ve been back from Korea,”... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Longhouses of Malaysian Borneo

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally posted here, on Travel Wire Asia. Go check it out there too!The enormous island of Borneo adds yet... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Volunteer In Malaysia: Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary

  

  A note from the Editor-in-Chimp: This article was originally published here on Travel Wire Asia. Check it out there and show some social network love. Here is... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Volunteer In Malaysia: Village Life

  

  Editor-in-Chimp’s note: This article was originally published here on Travel Wire Asia. Check it out there and show some social network love. Nine years ago my... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Price of Tea in China: Schoolboy Errors in Beijing

  

  This was originally published here on Asia Pundits. The place where nothing happened in 1989“You’re white. You’re English. You can afford it,” she blurted... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• All The World’s A Level In A Videogame

  

  Editor-in-chimp’s note: This article was written by me, for Gamersaurs. That’s right… I’m a massive videogame nerd as well as a wanna be travel writer.... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Help Reunite Po and This British Soldier: 55 Years in the Making!

  

  An unknown British Solider with Po, 1951About a year ago I met an old Korean man in my local post office called Po (70′ish), who served with the British... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL