YeinJee's Asian Journal » Allan Wu Zhen Tian http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Amazing Race Asia 3 – Ep 3 – Hue http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-hue/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-hue/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:05:16 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=6758 Interesting culture and places in Hue, Vietnam; as featured in the 3rd episode of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 3.

Hue City

Huế is a historic city in central Vietnam and was the imperial capital of Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). Hue is located about 1100km from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s capital city. It took about 25 hours of bus ride to travel from HCMC to Hue.

Complex of Hue Monuments

The Complex of Hue Monuments is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites; the complex comprises of 16 historic monuments from the Nguyen Dynasty. Among the monuments that featured in The Amazing Race Asia were the Khai Dinh Tomb, Minh Mang Tomb and Hue Citadel (the pitstop).

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-hue/feed/ 0 Amazing Race Asia 3 – Ep 2 – Chiangmai to HCMC http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-chiang-mai-to-ho-chi-minh-city/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-chiang-mai-to-ho-chi-minh-city/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:21:52 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=4772 Interesting culture and places in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; as featured in the 2nd episode of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 3.

Mae Kompong

Mae Kompong is a village in Chiang Mai Province. Once a poppy growing area, but now home to a small community of forest dwellers who cultivate tea and coffee plantations.

Mae Kompong is also home to the Treetop eco-tourism village where visitors can take an exhilarating flight (with zip line and slide) through a 1500 year-old rainforest in the “Flight of the Gibbon” adventure…

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-chiang-mai-to-ho-chi-minh-city/feed/ 2 Amazing Race Asia 3 – Ep 1 – Bangkok to Chiangmai http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-bangkok-to-chiang-mai/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-bangkok-to-chiang-mai/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:20:25 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=4172 The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 3 has premiered on AXN-Asia on September 11.

I know most of the regulars here are not watching this show (or not able to), thus I’m not going to bore you with the details… but will share some Asian cultures and places that are featured in the race instead.

Tuk-Tuk

The race started at the Rama 1 Monument in Bangkok… the first feature that came onto scene was the famous auto-rickshaws commonly known as ‘Tuk Tuk’ in Thailand.

Similar auto-rickshaws can also be found in other South Asian countries, but Thai’s Tuk Tuk is probably the most iconic version. Little known fact though, is that Tuk Tuk was originated from Japan and was brought into Thailand in late 1950s. Most of the Tuk Tuk these days are local made.

Picture of Tuk Tuk auto-rickshaw in Bangkok, Thailand
Tuk Tuk in Bangkok (Image from Heinrich Damm)

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/tara-3-bangkok-to-chiang-mai/feed/ 5 The Amazing Race Asia – Season 3 http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-amazing-race-asia-3/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-amazing-race-asia-3/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:58:43 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=2017 The third season of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) is set to premier on September 11 on AXN-Asia. The franchisee of the popular US reality TV show is growing in popularity across Asia since making its debut in late 2006 and is back for good.

Screenshot of The Amazing Race Asia season 3 from AXN-Asia website

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