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While in Phuket staying at some of its top five star hotels, Michael Taylor does more than feast on hotel breakfast buffets, take Thai kick boxing lessons, try to stand up – and stay standing! - on a wind surfboard, and do laps in infinity swimming pools. He also dines at some of the Southern …
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You remember Morgan Parker! With one month down, the investment banker turned adventure seeking philanthropist is continuing his joy ride through Australasia in his bid to raise money for charity. Having visited five countries in his first month, Morgan hopes to vist two more in April. After more than one month on the road, …
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Magic Alambic Rum Distillery in the Southern Thai island of Koh Samui produces rum using equipment imported from France and sugarcane from Northern Thailand, which is very sweet because of the humidity. Is it the world's smoothest rum?
Real estate tycoon turned philanthropist-cum-adventure seeker Morgan Parker arrives in Vietnam, where his nominated charitable cause is AnimalsAsia to support their drive to end the farming of bears in that Southeast Asian country. “When we were seeking an organization to support in Vietnam, as in each country, we started by identifying an issue that has …
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Welcoming a foreigner to her house for the first time, Mrs Yamaguchi seemed intent on making Michael Taylor feel right at home. It started with the bedroom furniture she purchased for the guest room he would occupy and continued to the smallest detail – the kind of tea he would drink in the morning and …
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What timing! The day my upbeat post on Japan's upcoming Cherry Blossom Season was scheduled to be published, I arrived at the gym, and everyone was watching TV. I have never seen such intense interest on a television programme at this gym before – unless it was a Korean soap opera. That's the first I …
I always admired intrepid travelers who could simply fling a carry-on over their back and set out for years with just that. But I’ll never be that kind of traveler.
The Ameican expat made the journey north from Hong Kong, where she is based, to meet up with Australian banker turned philanthropist Morgan Parker and the rest of the Wheel2Wheel team as they were meeting up with the charitable body's organization in China, Gecko. According to Morgan, who was on the first leg of his …
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California Adventure celebrated its 10th anniversary with no fanfare. Is Disneyland's Ugly Stepsister about to turn into a Beautiful Swam?
An exhilarating journey for charity began Monday morning in Hong Kong when Morgan Parker revved up the engines of his motorcycle and sped off as friends, supporters, and organizers waved farewell. Morgan was accompanied to the Chinese border by an entourage. He was greeted on the other side by representatives of the first of 10 …
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