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Life lived on the street

VIETNAM | Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [397] | Video

Cantho and the nearby town of Soc Trang are the source of some of our strongest memories of the country: being turned away from every hotel because they just didn't have a policy on what to do with tourists who fronted up at the front desk; when we ... Read more >

Tags: cantho, mekong, markets, boats, memories


How would you use 1m² to feed your family?

THAILAND | Saturday, 8 Jul 2006 | Views [1898] | Comments [2]

Would you set up a street stall and sell beads ? Fruit juice? Old coins or fake Louis Vuitton handbags from behind a curtain? Would you sell drugs, foreign currency, T-shirts, shaved ice, Pad Thai (fried noodles) or fake antiques? Would you ... Read more >

Tags: on the road, people, culture, responsibility, philosophy, markets, work, bargaining, having fun


Exhausted in Merida

MEXICO | Thursday, 17 Dec 1998 | Views [418]

As we prepare to depart Central America we are exhausted. I'd forgotten just how tough travelling can be when you never get a day off and are always on the go. The last week has seen us do a flying visit to the archaeological sites of Yukatan: Tikal, ... Read more >

Tags: markets, archaeology, temples



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