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09/01/201531/03/2015Lana

You can comfortably backpack Thailand for £7.50 ($11.50) a day- Here’s how

Karen People, Thailand, Travel, Chiang Mai, Northern Provinces, Alternate Travel

08/11/201420/06/2015Lana

THAILAND: Learning to weave with the Karen people

Street Party, Rain, Dancing, dancing in the rain

27/08/201420/06/2015Lana

London’s Notting Hill Carnival: Race, Class, and Dancing in the Rain

19/08/201420/06/2015Lana

A Weekend On A Houseboat, with Leaking Toilets and Aggressive Ducks

12/07/201420/06/2015Lana

TURKEY: An Altercation With A Bidet-Toilet Hybrid in Pamukkale

14/06/201420/06/2015Lana

PRINCES ISLANDS: Learning to Overcome A Fear of Strangers

09/06/201428/09/2014Lana

ISTANBUL: Tulips, Tourists and the Syrian Refugees

04/06/201420/06/2015Lana

ISTANBUL: Couchsurfing With a Student Protestor and a Civil Rights Activist

03/06/201420/06/2015Lana

ISTANBUL: Venturing to the Asian Side (Üsküdar and Kadıköy)

31/05/201420/06/2015Lana

LONDON: The world’s largest Chinese New Year Celebrations (outside of China)

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