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Borneo - Mari Mari cultural village tribesman
Borneo

Field notes: Borneo – into the jungle and beyond

Southeast Asia specialist, Rhys, shares his trip through Borneo – from spotting pot-bellied monkeys in thousand-year-old jungle to bouncing on the Murut tribe’s trampoline.

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Buffalo at the market
Vietnam
Coc Ly Market, Sapa

It was a privilege to visit the Tuesday morning market at Coc Ly, in Lao Cai province near Sapa in north-western Vietnam. This is a real working...

· 1 min read
Halong Bay
Vietnam
Halong Bay; "Where the dragon descends into the sea"

It's a hard job waking up to views like this, but somebody has to do it. Today we're exploring beautiful Halong Bay, a World Heritage site since...

· 1 min read
Yummy!
Vietnam
Love. Vietnam. Food: the North

Of course a big part of our research trip is to try as much of the local food as we can. Here are some of the great meals we've eaten in Northern...

· 1 min read
Chilling with the locals
Vietnam
"To be as easy-going and open as a Hanoian"

Our tour of Vietnam begins in the capital, Hanoi, on a hot, hot, hot sunny day in November. There is a famous saying in Vietnam: "to be as...

· 2 min read

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