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Kyoto Japan is so well-preserved, it doesn’t look a day over a thousand.
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Kyoto Japan is so well-preserved, it doesn’t look a day over a thousand.

10/23/201812/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

If you like temples, tea gardens, and time-travel, you’ll love Kyoto, Japan.

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Tokyo Japan is irrefutable proof that the Japanese hate suburbs.
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Tokyo Japan is irrefutable proof that the Japanese hate suburbs.

10/10/201809/08/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

If you’re headed to Tokyo, Japan, you’ll need help surviving in the world’s most monster-prone battleground.

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Phuket, Thailand: It’s called ‘poo-KET,’ not FOO-ket (and definitely not ‘FUK-it’).
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Phuket, Thailand: It’s called ‘poo-KET,’ not FOO-ket (and definitely not ‘FUK-it’).

01/02/201412/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

We’d heard that Phuket was popular. Despite that, we decided to go there anyway.

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Bangkok Thailand: A lot fewer prostitutes and lady-boys than we expected.
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Bangkok Thailand: A lot fewer prostitutes and lady-boys than we expected.

01/02/201407/12/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

We expected Bangkok to be a den of unspeakable acts of human depravity—I mean, why else go?

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Bali, Indonesia: Newsflash, it’s beautiful.
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Bali, Indonesia: Newsflash, it’s beautiful.

11/21/200512/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

What did you expect me to say? I mean, it’s freaking Bali.

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Beijing China: San Francisco’s Chinatown doesn’t hold a candle to it.
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Beijing China: San Francisco’s Chinatown doesn’t hold a candle to it.

04/22/200503/30/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

I had no idea how many Chinese you could fit in one city. (Hint: a lot.)

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Kuala Lumpur: Tropical heat. Tons of monkeys. What more could you want?
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Kuala Lumpur: Tropical heat. Tons of monkeys. What more could you want?

10/28/200403/31/2022 Posted byPeter Crosby

We wanted to be able to tell people that we’d been to Kuala Lumpur. Check!

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Singapore: It’s like Miami only with a lot more Asians.
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Singapore: It’s like Miami only with a lot more Asians.

10/16/200412/03/2021 Posted byPeter Crosby

When we said we were going to Singapore, the reaction was unanimous: “Why?” Here’s why.

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