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A farmer wades thigh-deep across his paddy field behind a pair of puffing, mud-spattered buffalo. His wife groans as she shoulders a bundle of firewood and makes her barefoot way back to their bamboo shack. The scenario is increasingly rare in Bali these days – in Kuta and Ubud electricity, mechanical rotovators and cable TV are already the norm.
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Victoria Peak and how to escape the crowds |
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Jostling your way through an impatient throng of tourists is hardly the best start to a peaceful stroll, but there are few things in Hong Kong that don’t involve negotiating a crowd. As I stood in the queue for the tram I watched a Russian woman in lethal stilettos, an Indian family determined to shove their way to the front and a large Portuguese group, armed with expensive cameras, who almost invisibly worked their way through the melee of tourists waiting to board the tram to the top of the peak.
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Chinese Pragmatism on display at Macau border |
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If you were stuck in a giant steam room for two hours you’d do whatever it takes to get out of it. That’s pretty much the justification I gave myself for visiting a ridiculous number of shopping malls during our time in Asia. As someone who avoids shopping wherever possible I never thought I’d spend so long in these vast commercial temples, yet day after day we ended up wandering willingly through the door of yet another mall.
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