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Brooklynmonk's Travel Journals

Brooklynmonk

  • Age: 40
  • Traveler Type: Adventure tourist
  • Originally from: New York, United States
  • Currently in: Bangkok, Thailand

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“I lived at the Shaolin Temple in China. That was an experience.”

Brooklynmonk's Journals

Writing in Obscurity
Quezon City, Philippines | Sun May 11, 2008 | Views: 179 Writing in Obscurity Struggling as a Freelance Writer By Antonio Graceffo This article is dedicated to anyone who has ever written an article for $70 or less. It is particularly aimed at anyone who has been REJECTED by a magazine which pays $7 ...
Vietnamese Martial Arts
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | Wed Oct 10, 2007 | Views: 1568 Boxing the Vietnamese A Brooklyn Monk trains in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) By Antonio Graceffo An old man slapped me under the chin with the palm of his hand. My head whipped back, and I saw stars. “Did you find what you were looking for?†...
Overview: The War in Burma, a Shan Perspective
Myanmar | Sat Feb 9, 2008 | Views: 228 An introduction to the displaced people of Loi Tailang and my work with them By Antonio Graceffo General information about Burma The war in Burma has been going on since before the end of the second world war. The Burmese independence army s ...
The Art of Suffering
Myanmar | Sat Feb 16, 2008 | Views: 414 The Art of Suffering By Antonio Graceffo On a recent fact finding mission into the war zone in Burma, San Francisco glass sculptor, Oben Abright, became the latest casualty of the world’s longest running conflict. Oben’s hand was crushed in a ...
Boxing Till Fluency
Bangkok, Thailand | Tue Nov 27, 2007 | Views: 769 Thai Language Growth in the Ring By Antonio Graceffo The ALG method (Automatic Language Growth) of language learning, concentrates on listening, and says the student will speak when he is ready. Last month, when I was in Surin, I needed to speak ...

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    Thu Sep 6, 2007

    Naya wrote:

    Happy birthday brooklynmonk! Your journals are interesting i checked about them in google and i found out on brooklynmonk.blogster.com that it’s you birthday today =) More power!

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Countries Traveled To : 18

Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Panama, Philippines, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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