Travelfish #496: The Crater Lake Edition

A wrap on stuff worth reading                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]() for more [Travelfish #496: The Crater Lake Edition]( A wrap on stuff worth reading Nov 13   [READ IN APP](   Hi! This week I’m leading with an old—though not as old as the dinosaurs—piece on the end of the world. With all this chit chat about global warming, madness and chaos, it’s best not to forget about some giant rock just bangin’ into us. Yes, I am the good news channel. [This week’s newsletter is supported by]( of it as a new way to learn a language without picking up phrases like how to tell your neighbour there are a million cats in your house. Their coverage includes a bunch of Southeast Asian languages which I’ve outlined further down, or just click on the monkey above and find out for yourself—they’ve got both iOS and Android apps available—[and a free trial](. Over on Couchfish [I’ve got a piece on influencers]( should I say, influenzers—some people, I tell ya. The pics this week are of crater lakes in the region—though they’re volcanic craters, not meteor ones. Cheers Stuart Crater lakes are fun Kids goofing off at Yak Lom in northeast Cambodia. Photo: [Nicky Sullivan](. --------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐️ Story of the week  - [The Day The Dinosaurs Died]( from The New Yorker ($) --------------------------------------------------------------- 📚 What I’m reading - [Doppelganger]( by Naomi Klein 🇲🇲 Burma - [A Military Jet Crashes In Eastern Myanmar, Ethnic Resistance Groups Claim They Shot It Down]( from The Laotian Times - [Rebels Are Notching Key Wins Against The Military Junta In Myanmar]( from The New York Times ($) - [‘1,000 Days Of Revolutionary Light’: Mobilising The Public In Sagaing]( from Frontier Myanmar ($) --------------------------------------------------------------- One of the best way to get a little more out of your trip [is to learn a bit of the language]( and Ling helps you learn vocabulary and phrases to form meaningful relationships with people you meet along the way. Think of it as a bit like Duolingo, but without phrases like “There are one million cats in my house,” and best of all, Ling offer a bunch of Southeast Asian languages including: [Indonesian]( [Khmer]( [Lao]( [Malaysian]( [Thai]( and [Vietnamese]( With apps for both iOS and Android, it couldn’t be easier to grab a 7-day free trial [and start learning today](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🇰🇭 Cambodia - [Will Cambodia’s Private Debt Become National Debt?]( from The Diplomat - [A Long Beach-Born Painter Captures The Surrealism Of The Cambodian American Experience]( from The Los Angeles Times Did someone order a beach view? [Ad: Salad Hut on Ko Pha Ngan’s beautiful west coast, from US$118 per night. Click here for the details.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌴 Environment - [It’s Not Easy Being Green]( from Around The World In 80 Scrapes - [The World Has Lost 14% Of Its Coral Reefs Since 2009. Investing In A Blue Economy Gives Us A Shot At Saving The Rest]( from World Economic Forum - [‘Bluewashing’: How Ecotourism Can Be Used Against Indigenous Communities]( from The Conversation - [Gone Wild: Is Wildlife Tourism Out Of Control?]( from Geographical - [How Is Scuba Diving Supporting Regenerative Travel?]( from RoadBook - [“Why Do We Take A Holiday From Our Good, Green Habits When We Travel?”]( from The Standard 🇮🇩 Indonesia - [In Borneo, The ‘Power Of Mama’ Fight Indonesia’s Wildfires With All-Woman Crew]( from Mongabay - [Egg-Laying Mammal Last Recorded In 1961 Waddles Its Way Back Into View In Rediscovery On Indonesia’s Rugged Cyclops Mountains]( from Re:Wild 🇱🇦 Laos - [Migration Throws Laos’ Communist Government A Lifeline]( from RFA - [At This Oasis In Laos, You Get Your Own Plunge Pool And Butterflies]( from Australian Financial Review ($) - [‘Cheaper Than Beer’: Laos Meth Prices Plummet As Myanmar Chaos Fuels Trade]( from Aljazeera - [Notes On Vang Vieng: Trains And Tubing In Laos]( from Nomadic Notes --------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, it’s the language monkey again. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🇲🇾 Malaysia - [Malaysian Tourism - What Are We Trying To Sell To Foreign Tourists?]( from BFM (Audio) - [Shunned By Domestic Visitors, Tourism Group Warns Langkawi Set To Become ‘Ghost Town’ Once Again]( from The Malay Mail - [Penang’s Bridges Are Passages To Another World]( from This Is Southeast Asia 🇸🇬 Singapore - [A Changing Of The Guard For Singapore (Eventually)]( from Dari Mulut Ke Mulut ($) - [Singaporeans Speak On The Joy Of Deepavali]( from Rice Media 🇹🇭 Thailand - [Phuket Has Become A Luxurious New Playground For Rich Russians Fleeing Vladimir Putin’s War, But Some Locals Aren’t Happy]( from ABC - [T.I.C.D.: Mu Ko Phuket (Part II: Ko Racha & Other Outlying Islands)]( from Thai Island Quest ($) - [Who Really Owns A River?]( from The Asia Foundation Looking for somewhere special in Penang? [Ad: Campbell House in Georgetown, Penang from US$72 per night. Click here for the details.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🇻🇳 Vietnam - [Deadly Buses Under The Microscope]( from Vietnam Weekly - [Poor Infrastructure, Services Hinder Tourism Growth In Northern Mountain Province]( from VietnamExpress - [Vietnam’s Youth Join Chinese Trend Of ‘Lying Flat’ As Pay Stagnates Amid Booming Economy]( from SCMP ($) - [Three Days Away: Đà Lạt Pt.2]( from Around The World In 80 Scrapes ($) Random other stuff - [“Tourists Are Rethinking Their Relationship With Earth”]( from The BBC - [B Impact Assessment As A Sustainable Tool: Analysis Of The Certification Model]( from Research Gate - [Beyond Barriers: The Man Making Luxury Hotels Wheelchair-Accessible]( from CNT - [Has Tourism Failed The Camels Which Made Pushkar Camel Fair A Globally Recognised Tourist Event?]( from Memsahib In India - [Is Luddite Travel A Thing Now? The Next Iteration Of Unplugged Travel And Off-Grid Weekends Is Here]( from Adventure - [Forget The Future: This Is The State Of Travel Writing Today]( from Talking Travel Writing Crater lakes are big Meet Sumatra’s Lake Toba. Photo: Stuart McDonald. --------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday Deals recap [Wednesday Deals]( [Wednesday deals: Singapore]( Oct 18 [Wednesday deals: Singapore]( [Hi all, You know when you’re going somewhere you haven’t been before and you open the interwebs search for “hotels in …” and you get eleventy billion results? No? Please tell me your secrets! So where are we off to for the fifth edition? Crazy expensive]( Read full story More Wednesday Deals still: [Penang]( [Huế]( [Phnom Penh]( [Bangkok]( See you next week! So that’s the wrap. I hope you are all in good health, and thanks for reading. Cheers! Stuart Travelfish weekly newsletter is free today. 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