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Thailand Soccer Juggler
If you think your favorite World Cup athletes are talented check out this guy. Watch the video in HD and full screen for best viewing! You can push play, then pause as the video loads, to see it uninterrupted. If you like, please leave a comment, rate, subscribe, and visit endsofearth.com for more! Khao San
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Is President Obama Saving the World?
In the past year, I’ve traveled to Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, one day in mainland China, and now India. In all those places, among the thousands of people I’ve met or interacted with, however briefly, I have found unanimous positivity for President Obama.
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Tips For Touts
Touts are people who annoyingly “tout” (sell) products or services. Many touts, particularly tuk-tuk and taxi drivers, have incredible knowledge of the local area. Nearly all touts are cultural experts from having lived their entire lives within miles of where they work. Most touts have something valuable to offer tourists. Being approached by literally over
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Politics and Tourism
I’ve visited a few countries with US issued travel warnings, and have been pleasantly surprised with the hospitality and safety I felt in all. Only last night after an article’s insightful comment, did I really think about how tourism policies are used by countries to reward or punish other countries. Travel warnings can greatly diminish
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Adrenaline: SE Asia On a Motorbike!
Go! Go! Go! Motorcycles everywhere. Hundreds. We call them “scooters” in the US. 110cc machines with a cutout in front of the seat, you know, like a girl bike. Motorcycles. 50 miles per gallon? 100 miles per gallon? Lots of miles per gallon. $1.50 to fill tank. Why do people think travel is expensive? Everyone
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Day of Reflection
Yesterday was Nyepi, or Lunar New Year. Nyepi is a distinctly Balinese Hindu tradition, in which no “fires” (lights) are to be used, no one is to be outside houses, and everyone is to spend time meditating or reflecting. I spent my day reading the last 400 pages of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath,
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Bali: Beaches, Bodies, Bombs, Scams, $3 Adventures
“You killed my God!” screamed the woman as I stepped on a Hindu offering and looked around guiltily. Less than two hours in Bali, and I was already offending people—nearly a record for me. Within the next hour I would accidentally step on yet another Hindu offering, learn about a very unusual cemetery, and have
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Street Food
Street food is the best way to eat in SE Asia. I have an ever-growing respect and fascination with street food because of its low cost, entertainment value, and personalization. Street food is cheap. Here, in Thailand, I eat two, maybe three times per day. Each meal costs $1-$1.50, or about $3-4/day. Not bad, right?
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Finding Cool Stuff To Do
Quite possibly the most important question to determine, prior to traveling somewhere in particular, is what you will do when you get there! Instead of sitting in a plush hotel room all day, or skipping from Starbucks to Starbucks, do a little research and make a gameplan of things to see and do! Occasionally I
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