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10 Efficient Tips for Using Mass Rail Transit

By John Boivin on March 23, 2011 in Asia, Austria, Bali, Bangkok, Belgium, Berlin, British Isles, Brussels, Cambodia, England, Europe, Featured, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Jakarta, Japan, London, Malaysia, Paris, Photos, Rome, Seoul, Singapore, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Vienna

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I remember when I became a committed mass-transit rider as a traveller. Sitting in Bangkok's horrific Friday afternoon gridlock, watching motorcycles driving down the sidewalk beside me, hawkers waving unknown foodstuffs at our window. Baking...

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The Lost Script for Eat, Pray, Love

By John Boivin on March 20, 2011 in Asia, Bali, Featured, Indonesia, Photos, Southeast Asia

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A little-known Hollywood legend tells of the chaotic making of the blockbuster hit Eat Pray, Love... how the star, Julia Roberts, insisted the script be worked from the novel during the actual shooting, to capture the...

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Best Breakfast in Kuala Lumpur: Lorong Bandar

By John Boivin on March 16, 2011 in Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Photos, Southeast Asia

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You won't find Lorong Bandar on a tourist map of downtown Kuala Lumpur. It's really just a hole in the wall, an alley off an alley that runs between two larger streets.But it's where...

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Angor Wat: Temple is Doomed

By John Boivin on March 16, 2011 in Asia, Cambodia, Featured, Photos

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Sometimes you have to admire bureaucratic tenacity. Especially when it extends over nine centuries. We're at Angor Wat, the World Heritage Site temple complex. Before us is the Baphuon. Like most of the buildings of the...

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Laos: Temples, Forces and Culture

By John Boivin on March 15, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Laos, Photos

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An ancient temple sits on top of Mount Phousey in Luang Prabang, the old capital of Laos. You climb the 300-odd steps (unhelpfully counted out by a sign half-way up) leading to the temple...

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Indiana Jones and the Caves of Batu

By John Boivin on February 20, 2011 in Asia, Malaysia, Photos

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It's ten o'clock in the morning and the air is already heavy with heat and moisture. I'm standing at the foot of a limestone hill, facing a wide staircase that seems to rise up into...

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John Boivin

John Boivin is new to the blogosphere but not to writing. He worked as a print, radio and web journalist for more than 25 years until his retirement in 2010. He is now indulging in an old passion, landscape painting, as well as a new one, travel. He lives in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada with his family.

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10 Efficient Tips for Using Mass Rail Transit

The Lost Script for Eat, Pray, Love

Best Breakfast in Kuala Lumpur: Lorong Bandar

Angor Wat: Temple is Doomed

Laos: Temples, Forces and Culture

Indiana Jones and the Caves of Batu

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