Eating Durian, the King of Fruit

I could smell the stinky fruit from half a football field away. The three of us had just finished dinner and were headed toward the night market in Singapore. I thought to myself, “What is that smell?” As I turned to look at our local guide for the evening, she[…]

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Riding a Trishaw in Malaka, Malaysia

It is a competitive business trying to get tourists to take a ride in your trishaw in Malaka, Malaysia. In order to convince tourists to pay 40 rinkets an hour (about $13 USA), owners of the trishaws have gone to great lengths to decorate their rides with colorful plastic flowers,[…]

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