Posted on December 23, 2008 by Thorsten
I was ready to head back to my hotel after having walked around Chatuchak Weekend Market for the better part of the morning.
I was tired and looking forward to my hotel swimming pool, a nice cool drink and some relaxing music from my i-pod.
But when I got to the lower level at Kamphaeng Phet subway [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2008 by Thorsten
When visitors first arrive in Bhutan, they are usually fascinated to see that almost everyone here wears the national dress.
The impression you get is that of an exceptional place, rich in tradition and unified through a particular kind of clothing not worn anywhere else in the world.
But there are two sides to the coin.
The Bhutanese [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by Thorsten
In Hanoi, motorbikes are by far the most popular means of transportation. There are millions of them on the streets of the city. And with the number of motorbikes steadily increasing in recent years, the numbers of traffic accidents, injuries and deaths also rose dramatically.
That’s why the Vietnamese Government made wearing motorcycle helmets mandatory at [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by Thorsten
Every time I opened the fly of my jeans today, I was startled.
No, this is not the kind of opening sentence that leads into an article full of sexual allusions or erotic fantasies.
It’s something much more profane that I noticed today.
Every time I opened the fly of my new jeans today, I was startled [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by Thorsten
This morning, I heard on the radio that the musical “Hair” premiered on Broadway exactly 40 years ago today.
So if 1968 was the “…dawning of the age of Aquarius” – what is 2008? Its sunset? Or is this the deep dark night already?
According to “The Official Hair Website”, the show has been performed in [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by Thorsten
If you want to feel the pulse of NOW, go to the Abercrombie & Fitch store on New York’s 5th Avenue. I went there a couple of times last week and discovered that this place really embodies our Zeitgeist.
The first time I entered the Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store, I was pretty irritated. It’s [...]
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