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  1. Vietnam – pork on the side

    Blog: photito's blog - 9 May 2011

    Flirting with foreign menus Ordering food in a new destination can sometimes be frustrating. You know, when there’s no translation, and the letters on the menu reveal absolutely nothing about the contents of the dish. I have spent most of … Continue reading →

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  2. Siesta, snooze, slumber…

    Blog: photito's blog - 25 July 2010

    …whatever you call it… it is certainly the done thing around the world. And we don’t blame the innocent snoozers. What can possibly beat a catnap when the body is calling out for a rest midday? As photographers we sometimes stumble upon people with their eyes shut and their mouths wide open. What to do… [...]

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  3. Always talk to strangers

    Blog: photito's blog - 27 April 2010

    What would a destination be without the people you meet along the way? Since I often travel alone, I feel very priviliged to constantly be meeting new people. People who make me see things differently, through their eyes if I’m lucky. Last week when I went to Paris, I met a man who had fought [...]

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  4. Taxi-boat-bus-bus-bus-bus-taxi

    Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 19 February 2010

    Since we left Phu Quoc Island on Monday we have kind of just been moving from one vehicle to the next.  To make a long story short we just – took a taxi to the pier, fast boat to the mainland, bus to Can Tho, walked to a hotel where we slept, took a taxi [...]

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  5. Life goes on on Phu Quoc Island

    Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 16 February 2010

    We are still on Phu Quoc Island and will be for at least one day.  We wanted to go to mainland Vietnam today but the boats were all full because people are going home after celebrating the new year here on Phu Quoc. We arrived at this guesthouse where on Long Beach that seemed kind of [...]

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  6. Phu Quoc island – Vietnam

    Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 14 February 2010

    Yesterday we made it to Long Beach on Phu Quoc island in Vietnam.  We took a bus from Sihanoukville through the Vietnamese border at Xa Xia.  We had gotten our Vietnamese visas back in Bangkok so we had an easy time getting through the border control.  One tip for future travelers, we noticed that getting [...]

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  7. "hue are you going?" (ahem)

    Blog: katie has itchy feet - 30 July 2009

    strange things are afoot!

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