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Malek Allari
Dec 3, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Top 10 7/11 Items
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer It’s truly shocking just how quickly time passes. It seems like it was only last week that I left,...
Mathew Biadun
Nov 29, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad’ Column: Homesickness
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer College, in general, is the first time many students are away from home. Everything they had taken for...
Mathew Biadun
Nov 19, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Loy Krathong
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer            American holidays are, unsurprisingly, not very well celebrated in Thailand. There was no...
Mathew Biadun
Nov 12, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Revisiting Preconceptions
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer Doing one’s research is always critical to traveling. Knowing the culture, the language, the weather....
Mathew Biadun
Nov 5, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Thai Cuisine
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer            In Bristol, my hometown, there is a Thai restaurant called ‘Sabaidee Thai Restaurant’, found...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 28, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Booby Traps & Riverboats
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer Getting to Vietnam had been a turbulent journey, to say the least . By the time I had finally gotten to...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 24, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Delays & Scams
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer In an extremely short time, I had traveled across much of Southeast Asia. I had dotted around the region,...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 17, 2024
‘A Warrior Abroad’ Column: Elephants on the River Kwai
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer The most famous animal in Thailand is the elephant. They are everywhere  here. Most tourist products have...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 10, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: A Weekend in Laos
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer Third-class on a train is a bare-bones experience. There were no beds, nor individual seats, but rather...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 4, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Mahidol University
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer The last two articles in this column focused on travels. Specifically, my opening impressions on the Thai...
Mathew Biadun
Oct 3, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: A Weekend in Laos
Mathew Biadun | Staff Writer Third-class on a train is a bare-bones experience. There were no beds, nor individual seats, but rather...
Mathew Biadun
Sep 20, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Siem Reap
Mathew Biadun | Staff Writer One long, stretching highway leads from the airport. Less of a highway, really, and more of a one-lane...
Mathew Biadun
Sep 12, 2024
'A Warrior Abroad' Column: Bangkok
Mathew Biadun | Column Writer Bangkok is 8,571 miles from Willimantic. The flight, ultimately spanning twenty hours, crosses a distance...
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