Cambodia: Waiting for a boat at Knai Bang Chaat, Kep

Indonesia: Waiting for a wedding ceremony, Nusa Lembongan

Laos: Waiting for a break in the water, Huay Xai

Singapore: Waiting permanently, Orchard Road

Thailand: Waiting on a bridge, Sangkhlaburi

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Latest: Phuket heritage walk: Car parts to saris

Pick up any guidebook, leaf to the Phuket Town section and I guarantee you'll see the words "Sino-Portuguese architecture". To dig a bit more deeply than a guidebook does into what this actually means, I spent a half day with Kritchaya (Chaya) Na Takuathung of Phuket Heritage Trails and discovered that there's a lot more to Phuket's history than a bunch of pretty shopfronts.... Read full story

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