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15 September 2012

Book review: Andrew Zimmern visits Taiwan (2009) by Andrew Zimmern, *

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making dim sum in a Taipei restaurant Synopsis One chapter of a book about the author traveling around the world to try different f...
09 September 2012

Book review: The Dark Tourist (2010), by Dom Joly, ***

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Sinister looking WW I artillery on Monte Grappa Synopsis 'Dark tourism is the act of travel and visitation to sites, attractions ...
08 September 2012

Book review: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance (1974), by Robert Pirsig *****

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She does not look zen (Sorong, Indonesia) Synopsis A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen a...
02 September 2012

Singapore: Gardens by the Bay and Japanese food

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Started off after breakfast from my hotel and decided to visit the new Gardens by the Bay . Like almost everything in Singapore, it is an ...
01 September 2012

Film review: Mondovino (2004) by Jonathan Nossiter, **

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Synopsis Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter, who loves wine, looks at the international wine business. He offers his personal view of how business ...

Party at Sentosa, Singapore

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Today I am invited to join a party on one of the beaches of Sentosa , an island just off Singapore's south-western coast. Getting to the...
31 August 2012

Emily of Emerald Hill and the Peranakan Museum, Singapore

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Peranakan Museum in Singapore Today I visited this unique museum in Singapore, dedicated to the Peranakan , or Chinese from the Malay pe...
30 August 2012

Dim Sum in Singapore

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Marina Bay Sands, Din Tai Fung restaurant, probably among the best dim sum in the world. ...
27 August 2012

Books and films on Singapore

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work in progress Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore (2003), by James Warren, ***** A people's history of Singapor...
25 August 2012

Breakfast and identity in Bali, Indonesia

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I am about to have a delightful breakfast in the terrace of my hotel in Bali, which is adjacent to some fastidiously manicured rice terraces...
23 August 2012

Tour and cooking course in Bali

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We start for a walk to the village of Celuk Village for Fine silver making and studio. Obviously a touristy moment but interesting nonethele...
20 August 2012

The Terunyan (or Trunyan) of Bali, Indonesia

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The Terunyan cemetery A day trip from Ubud to a rather atypical destination: the village of the Terunyan (or Trunyan) a "Balai Aga...
19 August 2012

Tour of Bali, Indonesia

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Fighting cocks in their cages At 9 am we drove by a school of judo for small children. Along the road I saw people holding roosters in...
15 August 2012

Giorgio Perlasca (1910-1992): history, books, films.

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Today is the twentieth anniversary of the death of Giorgio Perlasca . See his website in Italian . It is surprising to me that someone who, ...
08 August 2012

Arrival in Bali, Indonesia

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Uneventful flight to Bali over a necklace of Indonesian islands. The car that is supposed to be waiting for us is not there and after a fe...