Kevin, a traveler I helped over the course of four months and twenty very long, rambling email sessions, was eager to remind me that he’s almost double my age. He also trumps my “country conquest numbers”; by July 2000, he’d been to 80 countries around the world. He took a brea...
Bad : People were so rude and loud. Mainlanders spit anywhere on the street. They are so pushy (literally pushing us). And they tend to jump any queue. They smoked inside the elevator of the luxury hotel we stayed in (SOFITEL). They fight inside the mall (Super Brand Mall). They att...
While this might seem insignificant years after it played the rest of the world, you have to realize it was the premier, as in not just at the festival, but the first Hollywood picture ever to show anywhere in North Korea. Not that North Koreans shun cinemas. They visit 15-20 times a...
–David Mikics – I haven’t read Saul Bellow’s novels in many years (although I do have the complete collection of his Library of America editions reminding me of that shortcoming), but this book is a compulsively readable exploration of how Bellow’s novels and characters sprung from his ...
and most everyone lived in shacks. It was cool to see that they had created there own little town way up there. Many people would open up there homes during the day to sell things anywhere from soda pop to chickens that were just slaughterd on the spot. One of the weirdest experiences...
Hi there-- I have a last-minute trip to NYC coming up this week. I booked flights about 15 minutes ago and am scrambling to figure out hotels. Our flight on Tuesday 10/23 gets in at 10pm AND I've noticed that hotel prices are considerably higher Tuesday
Let me check who would be living with you in your flat. Okay. There are Hannah, Kelly, and Bree. Bree is also a new student here, like you, I’m sure you two ‘ll have more to share with each other. Questions 12 and 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. ...
B. Next to it another hotel is C. Next to it is another hotel D. It is next to another hotel is 24. ___ a mobile phone can you ring ___ you want to talk with anywhere. A. Using; whoever B. Only on; whomever C. By
The calzone is maybe the best I have ever experienced anywhere. The always give me a side bowl of hot pasta sauce to dip the dough of calzone into. Service is excellent. Value is the best. Atmosphere is open and relaxing. With construction now going on next door parking is a little p...
If you want to taste an original and very tasty roasted duck with rice you must come here.The sauce on duck is not like anywhere else cause it is an old signature recipe.I have tried many roasted duck with rice at other. places in Bangkok but nowhere is good as 'Prachuk'he...