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Oriental Tales: 11th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
South Korea: The House of Mercy
Taipei, Taiwan: Search for Serenity in Taiwan
Flores, Indonesia: Old Man Dragon
China: Once Xanadu, Now Duolun
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Banquet For Phnom Penh's Rubbish Dump Residents
China: If you are wondering where to go... Go wandering!!
Siem Reap, Cambodia: The Wonders and Warmth of Siem Reap

Oriental Tales: 10th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Phi-Phi Island, Thailand: A Paradise Tinged with Sadness
Plain of Jars, Laos: Cycling in Laos
Tana Toraja, Indonesia: A Baby Grave in the Living Tree
South Korea: Hitting the Open Road
Vietnam: The river rules their lives
Polewali Mandar, Indonesia: So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish…
Taiwan: Taipei to Hualian

Oriental Tales: 9th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Chiang Mai, Thailand: Mystical Elephant Encounters
Suzhou, China: The Night Market
Laos: Slow Boat Down the Mekong River
China: Surviving Sleeper Trains in China
Kanchanaburi, Thailand: Elephants and Friends
Tibet: Kham, East Tibet
Mandalay, Myanmar: Mandalay’s Hopes and Sorrows

Oriental Tales: 8th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Cat Ba, Vietnam: What’s an endangered monkey worth?
Vientiane, Laos: Vientiane on bended knees
Kawah Putih, Indonesia: The Ever-changing Faces - of the Mountain-Sea
South Korea: Sirum Blues: A Brooklyn Monk Learns Traditional Korean Wrestling
Seoul, South Korea: My Two Korean Sojourns
Lombok, Indonesia: Climbing Rinjani
Bali, Indonesia: Landing in Bali

Oriental Tales: 7th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Luzon, Philippines: Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Tokyo, Japan: Living in a Gaijin House in Japan
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The Hill of Penh
Vietnam: More than Food: Shared Conversation, Shared Lives
Surin Island, Thailand: The Sea Gypsies of Surin Island: The Wake of the Tsunami Brings Both Help and Harm to Thailand’s Mogen People
Matsuyama, Japan: Pachinko and Paddy Fields

Oriental Tales: 6th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
South Korea: Chicken Soup for the Sinus
Hue, Vietnam: The New Nam: A young American's view (however skewed) of Vietnam
Seoul, South Korea: Elephant Training in the Hermit Kingdom
China Beach, Vietnam: Early Morning
Ladakh, Tibet: A Traveler's Diary
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: First Third World Experience… and Musings on Happiness
Hong Kong: Culture Shock (4): Hong Kong "Double-Decker Buses & Moving Sidewalks"

Oriental Tales: 5th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Mount Kailash, Tibet: At Heaven's Gate
Borneo, Malaysia: My encounter with a Bornean tribe… and other misadventures
Pusan, South Korea: "Slumming it" in Korea
Strung Strang, Cambodia: "Young Female, Traveling Alone"
Ninh Binh, Vietnam: Further Afield
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: The 'Wild Boy' of Jungle Walk No. 9
Bali, Indonesia: Culture Shock (3): Indonesia "Bali After the Bombings"

Oriental Tales: 4th Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Hauhau, China: "Why am I here?"
Myanmar: My Man in Myanmar
Bromo, Indonesia: Brume in Bromo
Semarang, Indonesia: A Celebration that Beat Them All
Xining, China: Xining in the Forbidden Zone
Tuan Li, China: Experiencing Rural China
Nagasaki, Japan: Greeting the Year of the Dog with 15,000 Lights

Oriental Tales: 3rd Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Lombok, Indonesia: Tasting The Princess’ Hair
Ubon, Thailand: Monks in Taxis
Osaka, Japan: Childhood on the Train
Hong Kong: The Travel Bug
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: “Yes, Yes”
Nha Trang, Vietnam: Roadside Vietnam
Fansipan, Vietnam: Climbing Fansipan

Oriental Tales: 2nd Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Chiang Mai, Thailand: Thailand's First ReptileSchool for Snake Charmers
JeonJu, South Korea: Suction Cup Soup
Bangkok, Thailand: River of Reflections
Tokushima, Japan: The Dance of Fools
Hanoi, Vietnam: Life is good in Hanoi
Ubon, Thailand: The Gun
Osaka, Japan: Culture Shock (2): Japan "Blowfish, Bicycles, & Bizarre Sporting Celebrations"

Oriental Tales: Premier Online Issue

Featured Short Stories and Travel Articles from Asia
Java, Indonesia: Her Room
Mae Sot, Thailand: Mae Sot Fight Club
Luzon, Philippines: Butanding
Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Misadventures in the Mekong Delta
Bangkok, Thailand: Cornflakes and Pythons
Malaysia: It's also about the people
Gwangju, South Korea: Culture Shock (1): South Korea "Kids will be kids"

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