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This is unfortunately not only true, it’s considered de rigueur within the Vietnamese coffee industry, and it has been for some time. Back in the old days when locally-based Chinese traders started to realize that this new ‘coffee’ thing that the French were growing on their plantations was something not unlike tea and could potentially … Read more
From camel races to hot springs and holy rats, these five hotspots will keep you entertained Text and Images by Jessica J. Hill India is not a tourist destination for the faint hearted. Its streets and restrooms can be shockingly dirty, its people can be overly inquisitive, and its spirituality can be downright overwhelming. But … Read more
The decadence and glamor of the 1920s is alive and well right now in 2013. Jumping on The Great Gatsby revival is surprisingly easy if you know where to look. The key is to style yourself right into the Roaring 20s with a number of long necklaces, headscarves of different lengths and a selection of … Read more
This is harder to answer as there are no concrete evidence or eyewitness accounts to back it up, so for now it’s just a rumor. In February of this year, Phan Van Lieu, Chairman of Hoi An Farmers, said, “The Farmers Association collaborated with local authorities to check each facility cooking corn, but did not … Read more
These images are a look at the life and land of Vietnam’s great north. Busy city streets are nowhere to be found. Instead, motorbikes ply their way up and down the pastoral slopes on imperfect trails while trucks wind their way though endless curvy roads, all at a snail’s pace. Work and earning a living … Read more
… a public high school student Retold by Clara Phuoc Nguyen Image by Nam Quan There’s nothing like being a 12th grade student in public high school. OMG! It means a timed bomb has been set for the university entrance exam and failure is not an option. What would happen if I fail? My parents … Read more
Dakota is a beautiful one-year-old female cat with Calico markings. She is an A.R.C rescue cat having had a bad start in life where it is believed she was intentionally poisoned at a local market. Although she was spitting blood when she first came to A.R.C, she has made a miraculous recovery and is now … Read more
While doing a mini golf tour of courses around HCMC, we learn about the game’s growing popularity among locals Text by Mike Wakely As we all stood in the shelter beside the fourth fairway, huddled together like a group of golfing-attired penguins, escaping the horizontal rain and ear-shattering thunder and lightning, I was reminded of … Read more
Galvanic and soul-stirring, Cairo’s breakneck pace of life translates into a colorful concoction of intriguing characters and unlikely sights and sounds Text and Images by Nazley Omar “Every Friday there is a revolution!” declares Ahmed, an Egyptian taxi driver, as he takes a corner at full tilt. My introduction to the Egyptian capital immediately sends … Read more
The recently abandoned area of Thu Thiem is littered with debris, a bare landscape providing little shelter from the fierce Saigon heat. In the near future this area will transform into a new development, expanding the tight confines of Ho Chi Minh City, and a stripped back place where it is impossible not to meet … Read more
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