nick’s (n)-line life

Happy Songkran everyone! สวัสดีปีใหม่ Songkran (สง�?รานต์) is the New Year festival celebrated in Thailand & Laos as well as, less ostentatiously, in Burma and Cambodia. In Thailand (and increasingly in Laos) the festival is marked by massive public water fights. Funnily enough, the water fights originally grew from people "sprinkling" water on each [...]

My college were kind enough to award me a travel grant over the summer.Following my return, the College asked me to produce a written report of my summer and I thought I’d post a copy here for general interest: Travel Grant Report (PDF format)
Photos From the Summer

Hong Kong

China

Northern Laos

Luang Prabang

Central Laos

Cambodia, General

Housebuilding Laos

Thailand

[not all [...]

(Via BWG) Hong Kong journalist Chip Tsao has commented that
In this day and age [Hong Kong women] have to be careful when choosing a gweilo [foreigner; lit: "foreign devil"]. They no longer have cars or property. You might end up stepping on a penniless landmine. It’s too much to sacrifice for a passport.

It’s sad [...]

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Kunming is cold. Not cold like England, admittedly but still cold. If England was an ice cube pressed against the back of your neck then Kunming would be a wet flannel to the forehead. Trust me, after the turbo-charged sauna that is Canton province this is cold enough to notice! Enough that I spent [...]

Today, I spent quite a lot of time reading about Eddie Gibson, the 19 year old (now 20) who disappeared in Cambodia last October (detailed facts). There is also a website set up by the boy’s family including a video appeal for information.
He had begun a university course in Asian Pacific Management Studies at Leeds [...]