How Santa Lost His Head In Ho Chi Minh City

The three nước ngoài (foreigners) in the office were focussed on meeting the 8pm deadline for putting the paper to bed on Christmas Eve. Our Vietnamese co-workers were, as.

15 years ago

Christmas Culture Clash

Darling Man is Buddhist and a minimalist. Trying to make him understand the mish-mash of Christmas traditions is difficult. So when I announced I was buying the baby three.

15 years ago

Durga Puja In Singapore

Durga Puja is a nine-day Hindu festival celebrating the victory of good over evil through the worship of nine different forms of the goddess Durga, known as Ma Durga,.

15 years ago

Toilet Torture in Kathmandu

Halfway up the many steps of Kathmandu’s Monkey Temple, Rachel and I looked at each other in horror. “Oh God,” she said, and clutched her stomach. “Me too,” I.

15 years ago