Modern Nomads

 [DW English]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :

• Minimizing and downsizing in style
• Blend in everywhere
• A wooden shack
• It serves as a weekend retreat
• An Environmental Engineer
• Very compact
• The great outdoors
• A coffee table book
• Temporary architecture
• Egg shaped capsules
• Tree houses
• Designer Yurts
• A lifestyle choice

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Climb aboard the Bamboo Train

 [Lonely Planet]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :

• Locals have come up with an ingenious solution
• The lack of conventional rail services
• Covered in bamboo slats
• Motorbike engine
• Recycle tank wheels
• You can hire your own train
• A ride is less than a dollar
• There is no schedule, it just goes when it goes
• All you have to do is hop on
• It is single track
• Etiquette dictates that the one with the lighter load is taken off the tracks
• Let the other pass
• A fun ride for travelers
• Vital transport life line for locals
• Roads are poorly maintained
• Climb aboard and take a ride before the Bamboo Train becomes a thing of the past

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