Christopher Snyder - Articles

Christopher Snyder is the Founder of Asia Products LLC and currently is living in Bangkok, Thailand. He writes on a variety of topics including current events, politics, and travel ideas. He manages an e-commerce store buying products to sell on www.asiaproductsllc.com. He is providing Asia Travel Ideas on his website : www.apllc-connect.com/travel/ Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved

Popularity
74

Thailand Travel Tips and Customs
This article provides a list of tips and customs to help in your trip to Thailand. Understanding these simple things will increase the pleasure that you will have while traveling in Thailand. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Travel Tips
Popularity
58

Four Things That Make America Great
This article provides a brief description of what I think makes America a great country. I have come to these conclusions from experiences I have had traveling in other parts of the world. I wrote this in the middle of last year. This week Thailand is experiencing political unrest AGAIN, which reminded me of this writing. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Politics
Popularity
122

Political Unrest in Thailand
The situation in Thailand reminds me the old saying, "be careful what you ask for you may just get it". In September of 2006, Thailand went through a military coup. The military asked for the Prime Minister to step down, he did. Now the Thai People are struggling with a new government. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Politics
Popularity
62

Objectivity - What is it and Why is That Important?
I have been thinking about the importance of objective thought of late and decided to put some thoughts down on the proverbial paper. I hope this can help people have a better understanding of how understanding objectivity can temper the extremes that has put our world in peril. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Philosophy
Popularity
71

Thai Meets West - Land of Smiles
The people of Thailand are an interesting group. They hugely influenced by Chinese culture, being located just to the south of China, so I am sure that some of the things I am going to describe are part of the greater "eastern" culture as well as the Thai culture. However, Thais have developed a unique blended culture of their own. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Travel Tips
Popularity
185

Bridge Over the River Kwai (or Death Railway Trip)
The Kwai River Bridge was made famous by the 1960s movie about a bamboo bridge being built by British Soldiers in Burma during World War II. This movie was mostly fiction, the bridge is of concrete/metal construction and it is actually located in Thailand. Thailand Tourism authority offers a great service of train tours that I will be describing here... Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Travel Tips
Popularity
94

Trip to Ankor Wat, Cambodia
I am writing a description of my trip to Cambodia for two reasons. One, I can, having bought a Smartphone recently with a small folding QWERTY keyboard and using its document processor and two, because I have the time as I have decided to take a bus, as I will describe below. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Travel Tips
Popularity
58

September 11th Remembered 5 Years After the Start of the Iraq War
The 5 year anniversary of the start of the Iraq war had me thinking of the events leading to the start of that war. I did some research and well.. These are my thoughts. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Politics
Popularity
58

Can our World Survive Capitalism?
This article is the result of reading many things lately about the causes and effects of global warming. My hope in writing this is that people get a better understanding that global warming is an effect of something that began as many as 10,000 years ago. Read
By: Christopher Snyder | 31/03/2008 | Environment