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James Clark
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Aussie in Southeast Asia (mainly Vietnam and Thailand)
Travel blog https://www.nomadicnotes.com
Transport and urban development https://futuresoutheastasia.com
Travel newsletter https://www.thetravelwire.net/
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Koala rescued from Brisbane city bus after death-defying dash across busy Camp Hill street
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Koala catches a ride on Brisbane bus after dash across busy suburban street
A rescue group says the quick-thinking of a Brisbane bus driver could have saved the koala — named Peri — from being hit by traffic on a busy road.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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New year, new job? Ranger wanted for uninhabited Scottish island
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New ranger wanted for isolated uninhabited island of Handa
The job comes with a few challenges - including weekly boat trips to mainland for washing and shopping.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Indonesia proposes expanding SEA Games to include countries like Australia & New Zealand
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Indonesia proposes expanding SEA Games to include countries like Australia & New Zealand
SEA Games Plus.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Southern gold: rice harvest season in Mekong Delta valley
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Southern gold: rice harvest season in Mekong Delta valley
Ta Pa Valley in southern Vietnam comes alive during harvest season, with rice fields glittering at dawn alongside sugar palms and Khmer temples.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Lumphini Park: where cats and nature bring joy to Bangkokian hearts
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Lumphini Park: where cats and nature bring joy to Bangkokian hearts
Step into the heart of Bangkok and discover a hidden paradise where nature and feline charm collide. Lumphini Park isn’t just a century-old green escape — it’s home to more than 50 a...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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A Farewell To Hanoi’s 70 Year-Old Pho Thin Bo Ho
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A Farewell To Hanoi’s 70 Year-Old Pho Thin Bo Ho
Pho Thin Bo Ho, a 70-year-old pho eatery in Hanoi, is about to say goodbye to its small house at Lane 61 Dinh Tien Hoang, a piece of memory in the Old Quarter.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Good read from @qandrew.bsky.social about how Q Bar Bangkok came to be qbarandrew.substack.com/p/chapter-6-...
Chapter 6: From Ad Agency to Nightclub
How I Stumbled Into Bangkok’s Golden Nightlife Era of the 2000s
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December 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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This must happen every day (and something to look forward to when HCMC joins the 2-airport club)
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Tourist ends up at wrong Bangkok airport, saved by taxi driver
A foreign tourist’s frantic dash across Bangkok has become an unexpected feel-good viral story, after he credited a Thai taxi driver with saving him from missing his flight in what he described ...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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KL–JB ETS3 debuts with four-hour journey, hailed as major relief for commuters
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KL–JB ETS3 debuts with four-hour journey, hailed as major relief for commuters
JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 12 — The inaugural operation of the Electric Train Service 3 (ETS3) between Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru today is a huge relief for the people of Johor and...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Laos–Vietnam Railway Construction to Begin in 2026, Operations Targeted for 2030
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Laos–Vietnam Railway Construction to Begin in 2026, Operations Targeted for 2030 - Laotian Times
Construction of the first railway linking Laos and Vietnam is scheduled to begin in 2026, with the line expected to become operational by 2030
laotiantimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Express Boat Service Between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap Resumes Operations
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Express Boat Service Between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap Resumes Operations
After a six-year break from the water, the express Phnom Penh-Siem Reap boat service has resumed operations, offering an alternative way to transport between the two cities, complete with scenic river...
kiripost.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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HCM City seeks USD 8.4 billion to accelerate metro projects
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HCM City seeks USD 8.4 billion to accelerate metro projects | DTiNews
HCM City has requested central support of VND221 trillion (USD 8.4 billion) to speed up a series of metro projects.
dtinews.dantri.com.vn
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Donchan Park set to be a new visitor attraction in Vientiane
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December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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When Donations Are All Womenswear, Men in Flood Zones Turn Necessity Into Fashion
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When Donations Are All Womenswear, Men in Flood Zones Turn Necessity Into Fashion | Saigoneer
Vietnam’s South-Central Coast region is going through an especially grueling time of the year as both the local people and authorities have to deal with the aftermath of historic rainfall and flooding...
saigoneer.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I’ve been traveling to Bali for 40 years. This is how it’s changed for better and worse
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I’ve been traveling to Bali for 40 years. This is how it’s changed for the better and worse
Writer Peter Wilmoth has been heading to Bali for over forty years. In that time, he’s seen Seminyak go from outpost to overtouristed, and watched the last rice paddies in towns disappear.
adventure.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
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The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
A preening brush turkey, a wise cassowary and some hungry terns are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Rare tropical storm Senyar forms in Melaka Strait for the 1st time ever
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Rare tropical storm Senyar forms in Melaka Strait for the 1st time ever | New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: A low-pressure weather system that formed over the northern Melaka Strait has intensified into a tropical storm — the first time such strength has ever been recorded in the strait.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Done my best to summarise a tragic situation:
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Special report: Floods devastate Hat Yai and other parts of Southern Thailand
The flood situation in Southern Thailand's largest city and several other districts has become desperate after a week of nearly nonstop rain.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by James Clark
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November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Catstanbul: Inside the city where cats rule the streets
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Catstanbul: Inside the city where cats rule the streets
From Ottoman "cat sitters" to modern-day street guardians, Istanbul's bond with its cats runs centuries deep.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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UN: Jakarta Overtakes Tokyo as World's Most Populous Capital City
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UN: Jakarta Overtakes Tokyo as World's Most Populous Capital City
The Indonesian capital, Jakarta, has become the world's most populous capital city with 42 million residents, according to the United Nations (UN).
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November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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For those following along, the third chapter of my memoirs is out today, telling the tale of our 1992 Cambodia Beer Run. A snapshot of early-90s Southeast Asia through the haze of dust, border checkpoints, and questionable judgement. qbarandrew.substack.com/p/chapter-3-...
Chapter 3: The Great Cambodia Beer Run of 1992
The next, not necessarily chronological installment of Andrew's Memoirs.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Reinventing Kaohsiung: Taiwan’s port city transcends its industrial past
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Opinion | Reinventing Kaohsiung: Taiwan’s port city transcends its industrial past
From shipyards and smokestacks to a smart, green metropolis, Kaohsiung shows urban renewal can succeed in the unlikeliest of places.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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On living life at your own pace. “From then I thought, life is fast. Death comes so easily. If I just drift, in no time I’ll be an old man.” [kottke.org]
My Pace
Goro Obata went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if he could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when he came to die, discover that he had not l
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November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Step into 1880s Bangkok at this cardboard city in Talat Noi
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Step into 1880s Bangkok at this cardboard city in Talat Noi
A young artist rebuilds historic Bangkok and Ayutthaya using recycled paper and years of research
www.timeout.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM