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FALL 2016
I was just blown away by a this madness.
Bangkok's Khao San Road at nighime is fied with
music, people seing $5 massages, and random food.
You can eat scorpion if you want to.
T
hailand. Cambodia. Myanmar. Singapore.
Vietnam. Malaysia. Indonesia. That's where
I spent last spring semester. You can think of it as
a millennial's version of the 20th century's Grand
European Tour.
Through TCNJ, I studied at Mahidol University
International College, just outside Bangkok. Every
weekend I traveled with friends from TCNJ,
exchange students I met in school, or friends and
family who visited me.
In Myanmar, I took a day excursion to Mount
Popa, a mountain temple, where I sampled
fermented tea leaves. (Myanmar is one of the few
countries that both drinks and eats tea.) They were
surprisingly tasty, a little salty, with a lot of flavor.
At Cambodia's Chong Khneas floating village
on Lake Tonlé Sap, we visited boat people
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