MetaFilter posts tagged with Vietnam and thailand

The Objective Orbiting Eye in the Sky

trinarian — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:59:30 -0800

Live, From Outer Space: rural fires [1, 2], The Haze in China [1 ,2, 3] and its movement, aerosols, and the brothers carbon monoxide [a photochemical smog agent] and carbon dioxide.

Sex, Drugs, and Agent Orange

bcveen — Sat, 06 May 2006 03:53:21 -0800

On at least one occasion, Jonathan Taylor's photographic studies of the seedy side of Southeast Asia have featured in Time Magazine, but thanks to the wonders of the Internet, you can view his photographic take on Thailand's drug problems, sex industry, and hired killers, as well as moving and disturbing images of the legacy of US involvement in Southeast Asia.

Korat Bar girls

the cuban — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:55:30 -0800

Korat bar girls. R and R from the Indochina war.

Asian progressive music from the 60s and 70s

carter — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:13:10 -0800

60s/70s psych, crossover, beat, and a go-go from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam with band/music scene histories, streaming audio, cover art, etc. Part of a large site devoted to 60s/70s progressive music around the world.

Plain of Jars

moonbird — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:27:33 -0800

What is the Plain of Jars, what does it look like, and where is it?

Southeast Asian Monuments: A Selection of 100 Slides

plep — Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:13:31 -0800

Southeast Asian Monuments: A Selection of 100 Slides. ''100 slides of monuments in Mainland Southeast Asia ( Burma, Thailand,Cambodia, Vietnam, selected from the collection of Marijke J. Klokke, are presented here ... '

luriete — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:53:48 -0800

Apparently I live in the most diverse city in the United States. Synagogue arsons, propane-tank-bomb-plotting and suburban hate crime aside, Sacramento is a pretty neat place, especially since my wife (Korean-American) and I (Jewish) can afford to own a house on our meager incomes and still go out to eat Pho (Vietnamese), Kitfo (Ethiopian), Som Tum (Thai), Kalbi (Korean) all within a short drive. It's not San Francisco, but neither is the cost of living. Do you notice the tension caused by resistance to diversity in your town, or are you too busy eating the sushi to notice?