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Tan Wee Cheng Travel Articles

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #63: Northwest China – China: Wee-Cheng expected a backward, dusty capital in a poor province, but China's mad rush to prosperity has turned Timbucktu into Las Vegas.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #64: Did Genghis Khan Lose His Organ (oops!) in China? – China: Genghis Khan's order to destroy an ancient kingdom may have had more to do with love gone bloody, than the accepted story of his death would have you believe.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #62: How Some Singaporeans Became Local Stars on the Steppes – Mongolia: The search for tarveg continues, but see what happens in the Orkhon Valley when Wee-Cheng partakes of a little too much arkhi and airag.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #61: In Search of the Furry Mongolian Groundhog – Karakorum, Mongolia: Autumn is the time for delicious tarveg, a Mongolian specialty for their own groundhog day.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #56: Turkmenistan: Admiring The Beloved Great Leader\’s Book in the City of Love, I – Turkmenistan: Much as Wee-Cheng likes the country and the friendly people, he can do without the personality cult politics and the ubiquitous national oath.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #57: Turkmenistan: Admiring The Beloved Great Leader\’s Book in the City of Love, II – Turkmenistan: Much as Wee-Cheng likes the country and the friendly people, he can do without the personality cult politics and the ubiquitous national oath.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #55: Baku, Azerbaijan: Short Foray in Boom Town – Baku, Azerbaijan: The local Azeris remind Wee-Cheng of the amazing hospitality so prevalent across the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #54: Turkmenistan: Homage to Its Leader & Learning a New Calendar – Mary, Turkmenistan: Things to do today: take over country, have gold monuments made in my likeness, rename months after my gracious self.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #51: Moscow: Three Nights on a Bus Looking for Lenin\’s Corpse – Moscow, Russia: A three-night bus journey from London to Russia moves across the past, present and future of Europe.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #52: Kaliningrad, Russia: In Search of Long-Lost Konigsberg, East Prussia – Kaliningrad, Russia: History, World War II, and the EU seem to conspire to make this strip of land either a future Hong Kong on the Baltic, or an isolated scrapyard.