http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ the words of a candid nomad en Vox Mon, 25 May 2009 22:59:28 +0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/my-lil-rant-on-tourism-and-globalization.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/my-lil-rant-on-tourism-and-globalization.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/my-lil-rant-on-tourism-and-globalization.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 May 2009 22:59:28 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd343860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd343860e-50si" alt="Switzerland" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd31c860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd31c860e-50si" alt="Switzerland" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd3d2860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd3d2860e-50si" alt="DSC07683" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165056c1860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165056c1860c-50si" alt="DSC07645" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110182ad42e860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110182ad42e860f-50si" alt="DSC03487" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165056fe860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165056fe860c-50si" alt="DSC02763" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd4ab860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd4ab860e-50si" alt="DSC00056" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd4c6860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017cbd4c6860e-50si" alt="DSC00785" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110168b3065860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110168b3065860d-50si" alt="DSC01173" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165057b6860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110165057b6860c-50si" alt="DSC06361" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016505804860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016505804860c-50si" alt="DSC06160" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> While at work, I came by a World Economic Forum report: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness 2009. I am proud to say that Switzerland ranked #1 out of 133 in having “the most attractive environment for developing the travel and tourism industry.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/my-lil-rant-on-tourism-and-globalization.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b0110160b80c5860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vietnam canada switzerland http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-beautiful-food-of-malaysia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-beautiful-food-of-malaysia.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-beautiful-food-of-malaysia.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 May 2009 00:06:58 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016083aab860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016083aab860b-50si" alt="IMG_0319A-1" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c89002860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c89002860e-50si" alt="369568721_aed2f42996" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011018278e20860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011018278e20860f-50si" alt="Pasar-malam-nasi-campur" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101687ea4e860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101687ea4e860d-50si" alt="Roti_canai" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c88f4e860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c88f4e860e-50si" alt="Satay" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164d116f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164d116f860c-50si" alt="Malaysiancookies2" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164d116e860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164d116e860c-50si" alt="Mangosteen" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011018278e07860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011018278e07860f-50si" alt="Kueh keria" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101687ea40860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101687ea40860d-50si" alt="Nasi-campur-restaurant" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Food, food, food. Apart from visiting family and friends, food plays such a big role for me when I “balik kampung” (return to my village). And who can blame me? The culture of food here in Malaysia is exquisite. The fusion in cooking demonstrat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-beautiful-food-of-malaysia.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b011016083e65860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food malaysia hawker stall http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-sun-sets-in-jordan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-sun-sets-in-jordan.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-sun-sets-in-jordan.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 10 May 2009 22:04:59 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101647551f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101647551f860c-50si" alt="Sunset in Aqaba" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101821cef2860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101821cef2860f-50si" alt="Sunset in Aqaba" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101602805c860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101602805c860b-50si" alt="Sunset overlooking the Dead Sea" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101647567d860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101647567d860c-50si" alt="Sunset overlooking the Dead Sea" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1eba3860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1eba3860e-50si" alt="Sunset in Petra" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016466b8c860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016466b8c860c-50si" alt="Sunset at Petra" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> ...and another one rises in another part of the world... i'm thinking about Canada right now. It's 10am at the moment... I know the sun has long rised in Canada (Ontario), but I it's morning there while the sun will be setting here soon. I definit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-sun-sets-in-jordan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b01101821d100860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sunset jordan petra dead sea aqaba http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-romans-were-here.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-romans-were-here.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-romans-were-here.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 May 2009 16:15:37 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ec49860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ec49860e-50si" alt="DSC02169" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ec24860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ec24860e-50si" alt="DSC02101" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e772860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e772860f-50si" alt="DSC02032" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016019a98860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016019a98860b-50si" alt="The ruins at Um Qais" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e946860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e946860f-50si" alt="DSC02325" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e7e5860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e7e5860f-50si" alt="Entrance to the Treasury at Petra" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1eb82860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1eb82860e-50si" alt="Stone beauty at Petra" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ed00860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ed00860e-50si" alt="Jerash" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ed42860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017c1ed42860e-50si" alt="Jerash" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016466e69860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016466e69860c-50si" alt="The view from Um Qais" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The truth about Jordan was right in front of my eyes. Jordan is rich – from the very stone that lays on the ground to the fruit born on a tree, Jordan is rich in its experience. From one end to the other, the country illuminates in differences.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/the-romans-were-here.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b01101820e8bb860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/to-expat-or-not-to-expat.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/to-expat-or-not-to-expat.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/to-expat-or-not-to-expat.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 May 2009 06:39:10 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011016002228860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011016002228860b-50si" alt="Panoramic View of Aqaba - Courtesy of Wikipedia" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One part about travelling is that you meet different people along the way. In my case, since my parents have moved here, I met the expatriate (also known as expat) community. Today, my mom and I were invited to a ‘morning coffee’ get together wit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/to-expat-or-not-to-expat.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b011016002259860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> expatriate aqaba http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/first-stop.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(candid nomad) http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/first-stop.html?_c=feed-rss http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/first-stop.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 May 2009 22:00:20 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011017bfd0c9860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011017bfd0c9860e-50si" alt="map of jordan" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164451db860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b0110164451db860c-50si" alt="from jordan, overlooking egypt" /></a> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/photo/6a011015ff7db7860b011015ff82e6860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a011015ff7db7860b011015ff82e6860b-50si" alt="on the jordan highway" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Jordan. Desert Mountains everywhere. Red Sea and Dead Sea surround. Despite the hustle and bustle of Aqaba, I still feel like I am in the middle of nowhere. I feel peace and serenity when I look at the landscape…the blending of the brownish r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://candidnomad.vox.com/library/post/first-stop.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a011015ff7db7860b0110181ed011860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jordan ancient history