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The Lowdown on Hong Kong, China

March 20th, 2004

Hong Kong, Culture, Living Abroad

Travel Talk.

Americans are ever so fortunate that English happens to be the universal language and that many people who deal with tourists in East Asia know at least a little English to answer our questions...

The Lowdown on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

November 13th, 2003

Kuala Lumpur, Buying Stuff, Culture

Shopping 101

Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with its streets replete with wondering shoppers and desperate hawkers shouting for buyers, can be a most intimidating place to the uninitiated foreigner...

The Lowdown on Singapore, Singapore

January 3rd, 2004

Singapore, Culture

On Visiting Singapore

Singapore stands out as an anomaly within Southeast Asia because it is highly efficient and sterile when compared to its neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia that encase the city-nation at the edge of the..

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