EVERYTHING YOUR NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SLOWBOAD IN LAO

Along the backpacker’s trail you hear about particular “can’t miss” activities like the Camino de Santiago in Spain, Machu Picchu in Peru and recently popular the 2 day slow boat trip down the Mekong River in Laos. As the country has become more of a tourist destination many travelers have moved past the border of familiar Thailand to explore a place less traveled. The European Council on Tourism...

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TOP TEN THAI STREET FOOD

One of the words that you will hear most often in Thailand is’aloi’ (or’aroi’ – the’l's and’r's are often interchangeable). ‘Aloi’ means delicious. Or yum-yum. The Thais love their food so you’ll hear it all the time. Fortunately you don’t have to eat in expensive restaurants to experience aloi food. It is cheap, clean and easily available on the streets of every town and city. Many Western tourists...

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ALL THINGS LOST AND FORGOTTEN MUST BE FOUND

Japan is an amazing country with an extremely rich culture of folklore which is still currently relevant to modern society. Folklore has played an important role in society for generations, in countries around the world in addition to Japan, such as in North America. The influence of folklore played a role in my life as I was growing up and became enchanted by the world of knights, dragons, princesses...

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THE END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM?

From Newsweek by Naill Ferguson “The United States is where great things are possible.” Those are the words of Elon Musk, whose astonishing career illustrates that the American dream can still come true. Musk was born in South Africa but emigrated to the United States via Canada in the 1990s. After completing degrees in economics and physics at the University of Pennsylvania, he moved to Silicon...

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STYLE GUIDE OF WRITING FOR tHE ECONOMIST

The first requirement of The Economist is that it should be readily understandable. Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you want to say, then say it as simply as possible. Keep in mind George Orwell's six elementary rules ("Politics and the English Language", 1946): Never use a Metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do (see Short words). If it is possible to...

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LONDON'S UNDERGROUND MAZE

Cartophilia: Clare Clark pores over an artist’s map that cuts through time and rock to reveal a parallel London under the streets From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, May/June 2013  Thanks in large part to Victor Hugo, the subterranean tunnels of Paris have long exerted a pull on the imagination, drawing tourists underground since the 1850s. The same is not true of London, though its underground maze is no less intricate. Perhaps this is because so much of it was the creation...

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