stackyFACTSWhy experience the actual culture of Southeast Asia when a colonial travel bureau can arrange for you to safely ignore it? In 1927, Raffles formalized a network that essentially guaranteed wealthy tourists could visit the 'exotic Orient' without ever having to interact with the terrifying reality of the local population.
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