The News Review:

- Chasing The Night In Siem Reap
- 36 Hours in Singapore
- [BK REVIEW] Dirty little detours on the road to Shangri-la

Chasing The Night In Siem Reap
Sin Chew Jit Poh – Dec 23, 2007
“Everyone speaks English in Cambodia so it?s not difficult to get around. n our first night my Filipino friends and I went out after dinner in search of Siem Reap?s night life. ur hotel was located on National Road 6 near the main road leading to Angkor Wat. Across the hotel was the Royal Gardens and nearby was the King?s Residence. We walked up to the Siem Reap River looked up and down the dimly lit streets and decided that there was nothing to see and do. The mosquitoes were following us everywhere so we decided to call it a night. And it was not even 10 o?clock… ?Pub Street?? one of my friends asked puzzled. ?Can you write down the name of the street so we can show it to the tuktuk driver???Just tell them ?Pub Street? and they?ll know where to go? she told us. Tuktuks similar to Thailand but with more fancy upholstered seats in traditional Cambodian silk were ubiquitous on the streets. We promptly got our ride and true enough we need not explain what and where Pub Street is. Everyone speaks English in Cambodia so it?s not difficult to get around. “Interspersed with the bars and restaurants were more souvenir shops. We drove past the river on Pokambor Avenue and started to see more establishments.
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36 Hours in Singapore
New York Times – Dec 23, 2007
Watch out for the flying lemurs: the possum-sized critters glide overhead between huge jelutong trees. Noon6) ARRESTING ARTIn the past decade wealthy Singapore has become a regional hub for contemporary art attracting painters and sculptors from… Dating back to 1887 the hotel has been painstakingly restored and is staffed by Indian attendants in white coats with gold tassels. Rooms start at around 1000 Singapore dollars about $680 at 1. 47 Singapore dollars to the U.

[BK REVIEW] Dirty little detours on the road to Shangri-la
Taipei Times – Taipei Times – Dec 23, 2007
He throws in everything: his boyhood years in Juneau his experience as an English teacher in rural Japan his journalistic forays into weird corners of the earth for magazines like Escape and his adventures gathering material for two guidebooks on World War II sites in Europe and the Pacific. His personal encounters with the dark side of travel carry the book which is more memoir than expose. He has suffered greatly but pain only makes him laugh even when it’s a dense carpet of ants crawling up his legs in a squalid Brazilian hotel room. Along the way Thompson has accumulated if not wisdom some useful tips. It is worth remembering that in the US “spicy” means “not spicy. ” In Thailand the word means “it’s going to taste like someone shoving a blowtorch down your throat for the next 25 minutes. ” No white man he cautions “should ever wear a sarong not even in private… Along the way Thompson has accumulated if not wisdom some useful tips. It is worth remembering that in the US “spicy” means “not spicy. ” In Thailand the word means “it’s going to taste like someone shoving a blowtorch down your throat for the next 25 minutes. ” No white man he cautions “should ever wear a sarong not even in private. In a chapter on the workings of the travel industry Thompson strongly recommends lying whenever possible to gain extra discounts on cars hotel rooms and air tickets. No one knows that you are not the regional sales director for Microsoft. If your batteries die mid-flight rubbing them briskly on your leg to generate static electricity can prolong their life for as much as an hour or two.

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