Same Same, but Different in Bangkok
“Same Same — but Different” in Bangkok – so goes the saying on two-thirds...
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Tag: travel asia
Compassion in Cambodia by Drilling a Well
The Buddha was once asked to name the key for happiness. He pondered a moment, then replied "If you want to be happy, practice compassion"?. Nu Tarth practices compassion. His life today is far removed from where it...
Read MoreAuthentic Recipes: Dim Sum in Hong Kong
Dim sum is a uniquely Chinese. Dim sum consists of a variety of dumplings, steamed dishes, and other items often served in individual bamboo streamers. They are similar to hors d’oeuvres but when several are ordered they...
Read MoreNew in Tokyo
As most readers know, I have just returned from Japan. It may be my favorite place on Earth. For me a big statement. The following is todays news about Japan’s favorite city. Also be sure to visit ITKT’s Japan pages....
Read More15 Steps to Understanding Japan, part 4: Chopsticks
For starters, Chopstix is the name of my favorite fast food restaurant in Los Angeles, which offers tasty food that resembles nothing I have ever eaten in Asia. As for the real chopsticks, the wooden sticks that are held between...
Read MoreFeeling at Home, Arriving in Japan
How strange to be so far from home, so very far, and yet, at this moment, it feels like I am blocks away. “It was so easy and the words so sweet,” Regina Spektor sings as her video plays on the television. My phone...
Read More15 Steps to Understanding Japan, part 3: The Face Mask
Here is the third installment of In The Know’s quest in understanding Japanese culture. I had been wandering in Kyoto when it first happened — probably not, but the first time I noticed. Mother, daughter and baby all...
Read More15 Steps to Understanding Japan, part 2: Food
Any time I think of Japan, and to a greater extent Asia, I cannot help but think of food. Not because I love it or hate it, but because it is frequently unrecognizable to that kinds of foods I normally eat. I love cheese and...
Read More15 Steps to Understanding Japan, part 1
ITKT fans can expect a whole lot of Japan in the coming weeks as I have just returned from tour that included Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Tokyo. The trip was a bit of a whirlwind but mostly reminded me how much I love visiting...
Read MoreUnder the Galata Bridge, Istanbul
Wherever I travel in the world, I love to find out about and to taste local food. If said food consists of fish or seafood, so much the better. My trip to Istanbul was no exception. I asked all my Turkish friends, which...
Read MoreLiving in a Small Korean Town
Stepping out of the director's car and into my one-bedroom apartment was like stepping off a spaceship into the international space station"?the room was small, the setting was disproportionately unfamiliar, and all the...
Read MoreThe World’s Largest Flower, the Rafflesia, in Borneo
Now, I am not particularly green-fingered. Nor am I particularly botanically minded. To tell you the truth, I have never felt the particular urge to drive into the wilderness for several hours in search of a flower before. But...
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