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Massage Adventures in Jakarta, Indonesia (and a few other islands)

photo: courtesy Wikicommons Java: Jakarta and Carita I had the opportunity to explore the seething 10 million-strong metropolis of Jakarta for a few days recent...

Massage in Taiwan

If you want cheap and plentiful massage spas, Taiwan will not make it easy. Although I’m not an expert on the country, and I only had a week there, in general, ...

Morning has Broken

Cat Stevens' hit version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZAsfB1Np-8 One of Cat Steven’s most popular hit songs from the 1970s is the beautiful ‘Morning has Br...

The Magnificent Miniature Mikiphone

https://curiositychase.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/miki3.jpg It looks like a slightly over-sized hockey puck or a maybe a round hunk of cheese in a metal contai...

Wat Rong Khun: the White Temple of Thailand

https://curiositychase.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/w4.jpg There are over 40,000 Buddhist temples in Thailand but one stands out from all the rest. This one is p...

The Narwhal's puzzling two front teeth

https://i1.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/narwhalsbreach-2.jpg Source: animals.wiki.com The Narwhal’s most obvious feature is the male...

The world's best pepper from Kampot, Cambodia

https://i1.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pepper-e1430419120478.jpg In the quiet Kampot region of southeast Cambodia grows what could ...

Whaleback Freighters: steampunk freighters of the 1800s

https://i1.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2312483349a563d241ec.jpg?w=500 ‘Pignose,’ ‘McDougall’s Folly,’ Whaleback.’ There was no shor...

Aerial Photography using a Kite

https://i0.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kap2.jpg?resize=300%2C257 When I needed some aerial photographs recently, I decided to try a...

Massage Report: Bui Vien Walking Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Bui Vien is the main backpacker tourist area in District 1 in ‘Ho Chi Minh City’ (Saigon). It’s sort of an equivalent to Kao San Road in Bangkok or Pub Street i...

Zeppelin Airship Cigarette Cards from 1933 Germany

https://i2.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/z6.jpg Collecting cigarette cards was a very popular hobby in the first half of the 20th cen...

Stegosaurus in Cambodia?

https://i1.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/taprohm2.jpg?resize=399%2C361 Entrance to Ta Prohm Among the hundreds of temples that make u...

Cryptocurrency Bangladesh

Bitcoin is illegal in Bangladesh. So you can not easily buy or sell bitcoin Cyptocurrency However, bitcoin's ascent hasn't been without some notable speed bumps...

The Enigmatic Birdstone

https://i2.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/p5194444-21.jpg?resize=300%2C226 Birdstones have been long prized by art and artifact collec...

Climbing to the top of a Wind Turbine

https://i0.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PA015745.jpg?resize=1024%2C636 “You want to climb to the top of a wind turbine?” asks Mark, ...

The Enduring Boatswain's Pipe

https://i0.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bosun.jpg?resize=768%2C465 Vintage pipe with attached lanyard In my rambunctious childhood y...

King Penguins: Is Global Warming making them muddy?

As temperatures rise, formerly frozen landscapes are turning to mud! But here in South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic, and home to half a million King...

Myanmar: the Beauty of Thanaka

https://i2.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/P3057932-Copy-e1498271480849.jpg?w=281 Upon your arrival in Myanmar (Burma), you’ll soon not...

The Venetian Chevron: the King of Beads

https://i2.wp.com/www.curiositychase.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG3170-2.jpg In mankind’s 40,000 years of beadmaking, one design stands out as the ‘king’: ...

Ex-women prisoner massage in Chiang Mai, Thailand

https://image.ibb.co/ePa2jR/prison3300x235.jpg I must admit I was a bit apprehensive at the idea of an ex-convict massaging me but the reviews online were good ...