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Long Live the King: Learning to Love Thailand’s Monarch

By Kelli Mutchler on June 30, 2012 in Asia, Featured, Photos, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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Thais exuberantly celebrate their King’s 60th year on the throne, 2006. Photo from European Photopress Agency.“I’m not standing for the King,” the German man behind me snapped. “I’m standing because I want to.”A few hundred...

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Five Filipino Foods That Aren’t Deep Fried

By Kelli Mutchler on June 24, 2012 in Asia, Featured, Philippines, Photos, Southeast Asia

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The scent of caramelized garlic constantly hung in the air of the Australian accommodation I shared with several Filipino women. Onion, tamarind and chili assaulted my nostrils on a daily basis. Planning a trip to...

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Burma aka Myanmar is a Jackson Pollack Painting of People & Languages

By Kelli Mutchler on June 22, 2012 in Asia, Featured, Myanmar, Photos

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Burma is a Jackson Pollack painting of peoples and languages. The country has over 135 distinct and recognized ethnic groups, divided into eight over-arching “ethnic states”. These states have made the news often over the...

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Karenni National Day

By Kelli Mutchler on June 21, 2012 in Asia, Myanmar, Photos

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Celebrating Karenni National Day inside Thai refugee camps, 2007Q: How do we demonstrate national pride?With patriotic anthems and firework displays; with rowdy crowds and waving flags; with reverent memories of freedom fighters and previous generations? ...

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Comparing Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Burma’s Bagan

By Kelli Mutchler on June 18, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Photos

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The quintessential image of Angkor Wat. This Cambodian monument is also outlined on the country’s flag.Some 900 years ago, King Suryavarman II created the Khmer empire’s largest stone tribute to the Hindu religion – modern...

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Myanmar Cultural Lesson: The Karenni Soup Bowl

By Kelli Mutchler on June 16, 2012 in Asia, Featured, Myanmar, Photos

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Most meals taken in a Karenni-Burmese household center around the soup bowl. Usually a boiling broth with an assortment of vegetables – including the stem, leaf and vine – this dish has several unspoken rules...

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Southeast Asia: The Other MSG

By Kelli Mutchler on June 16, 2012 in Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, Central Asia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Photos, Singapore, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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MSG: the “other” salt…Monosodium glutamate. In the Western world, it’s considered worse than a cockroach infestation at a Chinese restaurant. MSG is an allergy; a dirty habit; the cancer of good cuisine.But, like so many...

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The Magic & Color of the Markets in Southeast Asia

By Kelli Mutchler on June 15, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Featured, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Photos, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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In Southeast Asia, the daily market is like a garage sale + grocery store + auction house on too many cups of coffee. From unusual meat items to untasted fruits, traditional fabrics and used flip...

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Kelli Mutchler

Kelli Mutchler left a small, Midwest American town to prove that Yanks can, and do, chose alternative lifestyles. On the road for five years now, Kelli has tried news reporting and waitressing, bungy jumping and English teaching. Currently working with Burmese women refugees in Thailand, she hopes to pursue a MA in Global Development. Opportunities and scenes for international travel are encouraged on her blog, www.toomutchforwords.com.

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Long Live the King: Learning to Love Thailand’s Monarch

Five Filipino Foods That Aren’t Deep Fried

Burma aka Myanmar is a Jackson Pollack Painting of People & Languages

Karenni National Day

Comparing Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Burma’s Bagan

Myanmar Cultural Lesson: The Karenni Soup Bowl

Southeast Asia: The Other MSG

The Magic & Color of the Markets in Southeast Asia

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