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Archive for January, 2010
Mekong Diaries: Day 53 & 54
Today became an unexpected mental health day when our plans fell through due to our own disorganisation. Working seven-day weeks without a break is our excuse and Sunday morning in bed feels awfully right.
More Sex in Vietnam
More young people with newfound economic freedom are living on their own and moving to cities in Vietnam, and it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see where that might lead.
Microsoft Too Soft on China, says HRW
A week after the China-Google fracas, Human Rights Watch is accusing industry behemoth Microsoft of downplaying China’s cyber-censorship. Recent public statements by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and founder/chairman Bill Gates appear to contradict the company’s official statement of opposition to such censorship and minimize or even support online censorship in China, it said.
Mekong Diaries: Day 51 & 52
For U.S. $5 a head we leave Don Sadam and the 4000 islands behind, by boat and minibus on a bad road, then a big bus on a sealed one, make the only three-hour trip to Stung Treng, in northern Cambodia.
Mekong Diaries: Day 50
We slept really well, even on the flat wooden beds provided by our host. Over time your body starts to really like the physical stretching and rest provided by a hard bed.
Mekong Diaries: Day 49
Before the day even really started we found ourselves running behind when our alarms failed to dislodge the claws of sleep.
Mekong Diaries: Day 47-48
This morning we drove down off the Nakai Plateau slowly snaking our way on the side of the cliffs to reach the infrastructure that makes the reservoir such a powerful source of income…
Mekong Diaries: Day 46
Got up at 7 am to film along the Mekong banks near Vientiane, and soon found local people fishing, and buying from fishermen along the river.
New Phone Project Turns Surveillance Technology On Its Head
He and his team are working on a solution that would use turn the surveillance technology around so that it worked for those at risk such as political dissidents and human rights workers.
Mekong Diaries: Day 44
After a breakfast of sublime French pastry, a tasty trace from the colonial era, we meet our government minder, a press officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.