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Movie locations around the world part 5
This is part 5 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Once Upon a Time in America, John Wick, John Wick 2, X-Men First Class, The Adjustment Bureau, Spectre, When Harry Met Sally, Notting Hill, The Avengers, Knight and Day, Argo, Battleship Potemkin, Yes Man, Spider-Man 3, Kickboxer.
Movie locations around the world
This is the first part of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Contents: Mission Impossible, Talented Mr Ripley, Lost in Translation, Fellowship of the Ring, Highlander, French Connection, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Die Another Day, Interview with the Vampire, The Beach, Rendition, La Dolce Vita, Moulin Rouge.
Review: All Inclusive
I’m a frequent reader of Swedish travel magazine Vagabond, where Johan Tell used to be one of the regular writers. This book is a collection of his small stories previously published in the magazine, describing hilarious issues on the road.
Review: The Beach
The debut novel by Alex Garland in 1996 is probably one of the most well-known items on the traveler’s book shelf. It used to be seen everywhere in hostels, cafés and airports.
Epicenter in Khao Lak
Khao Lak was one of those sleepy Thai beach towns where time took a vacation. A thin strip of sand pressed between the dense jungle and the Andaman Sea, dotted with cheap bungalows and the occasional Western escapee trying to outrun the noise of home.
One night in Bangkok
Bangkok doesn’t sleep. It sweats, it hazzles, it seduces. It’s a neon fever dream that hits you like a tuk-tuk running red lights at 3 am. A city with no filters, no cares and certainly no apologies.
Diving at the Similan Islands
Out there, somewhere off the Andaman coast of Thailand, are nine chunks of granite scattered like a careless god’s afterthought. The Similan Islands. Remote, wild and blissfully ignored by the sunburned herds sipping cheap cocktails in Phuket.
Finding the beach in Phi Phi Islands
Thailand is one of the most popular backpacker destinations in the world. People arrive in droves to eat the delicious food, enjoy the sun and take a swim at the beautiful beaches. Everyone I speak with claims to have visited a very special beach, and I guess some of this talk comes from “The Beach”.
The temples of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is the biggest city in northern Thailand, but far more friendly than it’s chaotic sibling Bangkok. Up here in the north, the heat is less suffocating than Bangkok’s chokehold, but it still clings to your skin like guilt.