Vientiane, Laos’ Easy Going Cafe Capital
By: Isaac Olson January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. “Is this the best apple pie that I have ever tasted in my life?” My grandma might have been offended by...
The Changing Face of Burma
By: Gabrielle Yetter January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. With one hand balanced on the steering wheel, our driver, Thura Thein, fumbled in his pocket as he drove...
Scouring Siphandon, the Back Story of Laos’ 4000 Island River Archipelago
By: Bernie Rosenbloom January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. In 1866, French Commander Ernest Doudart de Lagree and his first officer, Francis Garnier, departed...
Seametry, a Dream School for Village Children in Cambodia: Muoy You Comes Full Circle
By: Gabrielle Yetter January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. Forty years ago, Muoy You’s pursuit of a quality education in France saved her life. Today, she wants...
Christmas in the Philippines – A testament of tropical rejoicing!
By: Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan The Philippines, being the only Christian nation in the whole of Asia, takes joy in the celebration of the Yuletide Season. It is the time...
Filipino Christmas Recipe: Puto Bumbong
By: Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan Your Christmas in the Philippines won’t be complete without being able to taste the locals’ signature rice cake. It is named after the...
Sita’s stories: Enlarging your teenager’s horizon?
By: Sita van Bemmelen The world is getting smaller every day. This implies that parents may wish to equip their children with the social skills to take full advantage...
Re: Christianity in Indonesia – 2
Indonesia has become steadily more Islamic since Suharto's second term, notwithstanding the pseudo-secular Megawati (who actually aligned the PDI-P with the PPP and...
Sita’s stories: Billboards & Banners on Bali
By: Sita van Bemmelen Indonesia entered a new phase in its existence as a nation in 1998, when President Suharto stepped down as the result of massive protests...
Re: Christianity in Indonesia – 1
A 12th Century Christian Egyptian record of churches suggest that a church was established in Barus, on the west coast of North Sumatra, a trading post known to have...
