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by busycorner | 2010/04/26

Ever heard of Austronesian Migration. Lets just put it this way. Because of west to east voyaging and discovery beginning 8,000 years ago, every indigenous person bounded by Taiwan, Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea including the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia and coastal people of Southeast Asia are related linguistically, culturally and through DNA sequencing. Whew!

This is a story not told. Matador has the collaborative power to tell it. Start here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O77q8fjPIE

From Pago Pago, American Samoa

John

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Birthday: 
10/31

About me

I grew up in Thailand but spent most of my adult life in the US. It took more than ten years of being away for me to realize that home is quite a fun, interesting place after all!

Why I travel

To gain new perspectives on the world. And in the process, to learn something about myself.

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when

I spent a summer in Beijing, back when it was bicycle-friendly, and neither fast-paced nor shiny.

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www.voralakandmai.blogspot.com

Other Languages: 
Thai
Favorite Places: 
Beijing, Sydney, Kyoto, Luang Prabang, Paris, Jaisalmer, Wellfleet, Trang, and Yogya

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