May 19th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Any American who's watched TV in the last 10 years knows about the custom wheels featured on shows like Pimp My Ride or American Chopper. But despite all the crazy cars that have been built with plasma TV's inside and motorcycles tricked out to look like robots, it seems they've got nothing on a very unique decorative truck-building craze in Japan called Dekotora.
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Welcome to Dekotora, Japan's decorative truck craze
May 19th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Any American who's watched TV in the last 10 years knows about the custom wheels featured on shows like Pimp My Ride or American Chopper. But despite all the crazy cars that have been built with plasma TV's inside and motorcycles tricked out to look like robots, it seems they've got nothing on a very unique decorative truck-building craze in Japan called Dekotora.
Dekotora, a Japanese ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Bangkok
Sep 15th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
The city of Bangkok is a dichotomy between peaceful Buddhist temples & sordid red light districts. Beautiful national monuments & shoddy patches of low-income housing. Large, upscale shopping malls & equally large, rickety floating markets. Bright pink taxis or loud tuk tuks that jam the streets & a convenient but limited elevated metro line. Gleaming skyscrapers & lowly ...Laos to ban Tuk Tuks?
Nov 2nd, 2007 at 7:37PM: Going to southeast Asia, I was excited to take Tuk Tuks everywhere. But I soon changed my tune -- they're hot, stinky and the drivers are usually shady. After a few unauthorized visits to a driver's friends' jewelery/dress/art shop, I quickly vowed to take either public transit or real taxis everywhere. And yet, I couldn't imagine Thailand or Laos without them -- they're a fun part of the scenery, ...Angkor Wat: Welcome To The World's First Super City...
Aug 15th, 2007 at 2:00PM:
If you've ever been to the Khmer architectural wonders at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, you'll know that you need to be super-organised to see the different sites arrayed near the Tonle Sap lake.
You'll be up early for sunrise at Angkor Wat, and after the journey to the Bayon at Angkor Thom, it's onto temples further afield by bicycle or tuk tuk. New research by the Greater Angkor Project at the ...The Worst Places to be Hungover When Traveling
Jul 31st, 2007 at 8:25PM: Most of us have gone a bit overboard on the local beer or spirits when in another country. My worst experience was in Sydney, where my two friends and I found ourselves with a 4L box of wine that we bought for $10 and refused to haul any further on our way up the coast. We had one night to drink it, and it just happened to be Mardi Gras.We finished it all right. But most of my share ended up ...
