Hi Friends, My 2002 1-year Round The World Journey website is finally done. More than 1000 photos of numerous countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe,...
Greetings from Brunei! I'm now in this ancient oil-rich sultanate on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, visiting an old friend who have settled here a...
Yesterday is the Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Singapore. I attended the festival for the second time - I have to say this is one of the most colourful...
Bintan Island, Indonesia: About Cakes And Gods Across Historic Waterways Straits of Singapore, 1404. A Chinese fleet of three hundred and seventeen huge...
Bintan Island Part 2: About Cakes And Gods Across Historic Waterways If Tanjung Pinang was an irredeemable pot of dirt and chaos, historic Pulau Penyengat was...
In about 48 hours, I will be flying north for a journey into a relatively unknown, mysterious country. I cannot reveal where I am going now, but it is a...
Dear Friends, Im finally back from Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. North Korea is definitely one of the weirdest countries I had ever been. Where else...
The President of the semi autonomous republic of Adjara, Georgia has fled his capital, sparing the region of civil war. But again, that might just be what...
NORTH KOREA: COME, CELEBRATE DAY OF THE SUN IN LAND OF THE KIMS Certain names and events were changed to preserve the privacy of individuals involved. ...
Day 2: Kaesong Needs The Light Of The Great Leader At 6am, we were woken up by revolutionary music calling the people to get up to work for the glory of the...
Dear Friends, Here's Part 3 of the story. I am now working on a new website with my pictures. If you guys like what you have been receiving the past year or...
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Day 5: Electricity for the Great Leaders Toys The International Friendship Exhibition is the star attraction of Mt Myohyang and its beautiful pine valleys....
Day 7: Whither The Axis of Evil? We drove west to Nampo City, a port of over 750,000 inhabitants at the mouth of Taedong River. Although Nampo is an important...
Day 8: The Yalu Bridge Leads To The Future Day of farewell. At the Pyongyang Train Station, Mr Roh and Ms Park sent us off. After confirming for the last...
Here's a re-posting of my Oct 2003 travelogue on South Korea. Interesting to compare against my recent North Korean journey. ==== South Korea: Looking For...
South Korea: Looking For Calmness In Land Of The Morning Calm Part II: To The Ancient Heartland Of Korea We drove southwards on the countrys wonderful...
My North Korean website is finally completed: http://weecheng.com/asia/dprk/index.htm Feel free to drop me your comments or report any missing links. Thanks! ...
Photos and writeup at: http://weecheng.com/singapore/tanki/index.htm Gods and Mediums In Singapore Chinese are commonly described as Buddhists or Taoists,...
I have just done a photo website on an amazing Kathakali performance in Singapore. It can be found at http://weecheng.com/singapore/kathakali04/index.htm In...
Here's my new website with photos of Muay Thai from a recent trip to Bangkok: http://weecheng.com/asia/thai/muaythai/index.htm If You Like This Website,...
What are your favourite countries or regions? Name 10 Wee Cheng's Favourite Country/Regions - Guatemala - Italy - Mongolia - Morocco - Peru - Spain - Thailand...
It's the start of the Month of the Hungry Ghosts! The Taoists believe that, for the next one month, the Gates to Hell are open and the spirits are out for...
Tanki: Divining Youth Among some of these seemingly ordinary working class men or women, manifestations of their gods and deities appear from time to time, and...
The Ritual First, the tanki, performs prayers to the Jade emperor and other main gods and deities. Then he sits on elaborately carved “dragon chair”, so...
Dear All, PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE FILE ATTACHMENT FILE "HIDDEN MESSAGE" sent in the last message supposedly sent by me via the twc-nomad yahoogroup mailing...
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