March 20th, 2004
Hong Kong, Culture, Living Abroad
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...
November 13th, 2003
Kuala Lumpur, Buying Stuff, Culture
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...
January 3rd, 2004
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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