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Monkeyboy Goes

Ben Cowles spent 10 years working, traveling and teaching in East Asia. Having grown tired of monkeying around in the class room, he returned to the UK and now turns his hairy opposable thumbs to journalism.

Japan, Story1 February, 2014

Bad Times in Shinjuku

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I shuffled in ahead of my friends to a bathroom full of bare-arsed Japanese salary-men getting ready for another gruelling 16-hour shift. I lumbered…

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China, Fotophest5 January, 2014

Fotophest: Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is a city of contrasts, an assault on the senses, the resting place of the British Empire, and China’s capitalist wet dream. Whatever…

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China, Fotophest, Japan, Korea, Utter Irrelevances27 December, 2013

Strays

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Cats: The internet is full of them. So, in a vain attempt to pull more traffic to Monkeyboy Goes, I’ve finally stooped to this…….

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China, Weekend Warrior's Guide19 December, 2013

The Weekend Warrior’s Guide to… Hong Kong

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“A Weekend Warrior: A person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party/go on trips/partake in awesome activities,…

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Korea, Monkey Tube3 December, 2013

K-Pop

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With so little time to do anything productive this month, you’d think I’d find something better to do with myself. I could have studied…

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Fotophest, Hoods, Korea21 November, 2013

Hoods: Painting In Dongpirang

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Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. And thanks to the country’s fixation with capitalism, everywhere on the southern half of the peninsular…

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Korea, Weekend Warrior's Guide5 November, 2013

Korean Street Food: A Peninsular Culinary Adventure

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Korean cuisine is a cornucopia brimming with hot soups, stringy noodles, barbecued meats, unidentified vegetables and lip melting spices. With every pyeong of Korea’s megalithic cities given over to dining, it’s…

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Fotophest, Japan, Monkey Tube25 October, 2013

Stop inMotion

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Here’s a crappy little stop motion video I made around 3 years ago. Outrageously bored one night I tried my had to origami and…

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Fotophest, Hoods9 October, 2013

Hoods: The Cheongsapo Ghetto

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Korea’s cities can be obnoxiously monotonous at times. Everywhere looks pretty much the same: High rise apartment blocks, coffee shops, Home Plus super markets,…

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Korea, Weekend Warrior's Guide21 September, 2013

The Weekend Warrior’s Guide To… Busan

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“A Weekend Warrior as defined by urbandictionary.com: A person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party/go on…

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