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Faced with buying a car and getting a real job - or taking the money and blowing it on a six-month adventure around Asia...well, there really is no contest! Who wouldn't want to visit exotic places, like Borneo, Cambodia, and China? Who wouldn't want to tackle the world's most dangerous hiking path, tangle with the Vietnamese Mafia, and suffer days in the dreaded Mongolian saddle? And who wouldn't want to try five-organ soup? All he has to do is survive long enough to realize his dreams.

Award-winning novelist Michael Pronko examines Tokyo as a place, a culture, and a series of intense experiences, with humor, delicacy, and enchantment. More than just a setting for novels and films, Tokyo is a lively, interactive space that constantly pops up questions: How do you sweat politely, in Tokyo’s sweltering summers? How do you glance sideways, on crowded trains? How do homeowners transform a sliver of space into an impeccable garden? The answers are not what one might expect.

📚 KAKURE: JAPAN'S HIDDEN GEMS GUIDE 🗾 By Yoshida Yuki - Your Secret-Keeper in Japan! 🤫 Think You've Seen Japan? Ha! Not Even Close! 😲 While tourists battle selfie sticks at Tokyo Tower, you could be watching fireflies illuminate a 12th-century temple known by only seven locals and now YOU! Kakure unveils Japan's ✨secret universe✨ where vending machines don't exist but magic does! Japan's Best-Kept Secrets Revealed! 🔥 1. Coastal & Mountain Wonderlands 🏝️⛰️ Midnight Beach Festivals: Fishermen light lanterns that float to sea as offerings. Tissues for the FEELS! ...

Note: A version of this book was previously published under the title Travels in Northern Mongolia. This updated version contains additional text, five maps, and 85 color photos. Excerpts: Zagastai Pass is also of some geographical interest, marking as it does the Continental Divide of Inner Asia. Little Khatarch Creek, which we had followed toward the pass, flows into a river system draining westward into one of the salt lakes of the Great Lakes Depression, none of which have an outlet to the ocean. On the north side of the pass begins Zagastai Creek which flows into the river systems ...

It took me a long time to write this relatively short book. The subject is complex. This is intended to be the sequel to a previous book I wrote years ago, “Thai Women -What a Foreign Man Should Know.” Time has passed and my perspectives have changed. Living in Thailand can do that. This book is based on my experiences. I provide no statistics. I do not pretend to be objective. My experiences have had some emotional impact on me. What you will read will be very subjective. My intention here is to both educate and entertain. It's hard to live in Bangkok and not have a few juicy stories. ...

This book is designed for both the normal tourist visiting Seoul, Korea, and the American military person serving in Korea. The book will provide the perspectives of a Korean native and a US soldier/traveler. The focus is to learn and enjoy the cross cultural experience of your travel. The goal is to get you off the beaten path, but include the best destinations. Korea has a very low violent crime rate and it is safe. Recommendations will be made, pictures will be provided, and translated cards can be printed to be shown to the taxi driver in Korean/Hangul and English. Web links will be ...

You're young, living comfortably in southern California. You're financially secure, though you don't know why or how. Your husband simply ignores you when you ask too many questions. He's hoping for another job overseas, doing something. You're not sure what, but you suspect it's not what he says. You marriage is shaky. You survived a war in Cyprus together, and lost everything. Now you're basically biding time. A letter arrives from friends you knew in Cyprus, now sailing a new yacht from Taiwan to Europe.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local –Manila by author Elleio Samson offers the inside scoop on food in the metropolitan area. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience.

Greater Than a Tourist - Dhaka Bangladesh, by Mehnaz Meem, offers the inside scoop on Dhaka.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Poipet City, Cambodia by Justine C. Naboya offers the inside scoop on Poipet, a border town on the edge of Cambodia.

If you are planning to go to Tokyo for vacation or business, you only have two or three days, and you want to make the best of your short stay, then you have come to the right place. The focus of this audiobook is to make your short stay one of the most memorable experiences of your life.

Making sense of today's world can often seem like a daunting task, especially when it comes to understanding cultures and societies seemingly diametrically opposed to one another, such as China and the United States. Fact-dense and charmingly insightful, Kaleidoscope of the East focuses on Chinese history, culture, societal development, politics, religion, and arts. This expansive collaboration introduces Western audiences to aspects of China usually forgotten by media seeking sensationalized stories.

Kaohsiung, perched on Taiwan's southern coast, is "real Taiwan." Kaohsiung is a lot less internationalized and modernized than Taipei -- and that's its charm. The food, especially seafood, is amazing. The temples, night markets, and small restaurants tend to be just quirkier than Taipei's. And the crosswalk signs are creative moving cartoons. Kaohsiung was Taiwan's rust belt a few decades ago, but now is emerging as a hub of culture, art, and technology. The Kaohsiung Experience is the local Kaohsiung. Night markets will be the start of our food explorations, but definitely not the end. ...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist audiobook is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Singapore by Nichole Ann Walz offers the inside scoop on Singapore.

At last! A study guide for the missionary bestseller, "There's a Sheep in my Bathtub" (2007, 2017) by Brian Hogan. Now you can delve deeper into the adventure with your book club, reading group, Bible Study, missionary trainees, or as an individual. Enhance your exploration of this epic missionary story over twelve sessions (each covering a few chapters), loaded with Themes to reflect upon, Key Ideas, Quotes, Verse studies, Discussion Questions, and an Action Plan for each session. The Study Guide provides you with a free invitation to the Online Mongolia Film Archives. Visuals and historic...

.......... Gain insights into Indian Way-of-Life ........... ............... and Enjoy Your India Travel ................ This book helps you overcome the Indian cultural barriers and enjoy your India Travel. This book acts as a companion guide for India Travel. You get the best experience of Indian culture, through the character of John. This story of John makes you feel, relate, understand, and experience the way Indians live. If you are traveling to India, this book will help you a lot in getting along with Indians and enjoying India. It takes you through the real-life situations of ...

Retired gentleman's club deejay Sharky Sparko leaves his former life to begin a new chapter as an English teacher in Thailand. What starts out as a journey with the best of intentions, quickly devolves into a downward spiral of dive bars, strip clubs, cat houses and fast women. Will he be able to get it together and save his life in Thailand, or will it all come crashing down all around him? Find out as he steps out - perhaps for the the last time - INTO THE BANGKOK NIGHT...

About The Book When former Navy SEAL Jonathon Sinclair agrees to rescue his ex- commander's wife and children from a ruthless warlord in Afghanistan, he and Kai, his military-trained Belgian Malinois, face more than they bargained for. Using their lethal skills, the duo navigates a dangerous mission to extract the hostages and uncover the warlord's far-reaching plans. With the help of a secret underground group, Jon hatches a bold plan to free a village from the warlord's grip, leading to an unexpected and gripping finale. This book honors the brave handlers and their incredible military-...

When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule.

The author's first novel, a tale of debauchery - sex, booze and drugs, which follows the experiences of an English teacher in China during the happy "boom times" when China won the right to host the Olympics and was accepted into the World Trade Organization. The book also describes the author's time in Beijing during the SARS epidemic. Written in a frank but humorous style, this work provides many insights into modern Chinese society. China Laid Bare is the sequel to this book. "The deletion of individualism, is something that can be seen in China. I have noticed it with my older students,...