Visiting Sua:tao gai Laochiku

If you ever have a chance to visit Suatao I strongly encourage you to visit the old district (Laochiku) where you'll find interesting architecture and get a glimpse of a time past. If you don't get that chance, take a look at these two videos. In the video the host interviews three awesome women who have created a handdrawn map of the old district and are helping to bring back interest in preserving the Laochiku. It looks a little gloomy, but this must be winter. =)

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Teochew Map

View Place of Interests in a larger map

Just in case you thought that this blog would only be about other people's stuff, I thought I would share something that I created for Gaginang. It's a Google Map of Teochew owned businesses, Teochew Associations, and other important Teochew community places - all over the world! Most of the information there is about places in the US, but you can help change that. The one place which would get a bit crowded is in Diosua: We'd have to list every business! So all you have to do is log into your google account then you can go to "collaborate" and start editing. Try to include more information than just the name and location. As with any wiki-type tools, the map is freely editable by anyone, but can also get messed up by spammers, so please help maintain the map as well.

Jọisiạ!