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Haerbin: Second trip to the Ice Lantern Festival

Posted from Haerbin, Northern China Twelve hours up on the train, and having an 18-hour non-express return trip to look forward to, Elena,...

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Run up to the Beijing Olympics

Posted from: Beijing When I arrived in Beijing, there were two, and only two, topics on everyone’s tongue. First was the centenary of...

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Back in the ‘Jing

Posted from: Beijing, China China. I’m back. And before you ask or hope I had a, it was a superb trip. Su-perb. Travel at its economy...

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Chiang Mai to Bangkok: Flight of the Visaless Valkyrie

Posted from: Los Angeles There’s a very good reason that I ended up back here in Los Angeles several months too early, and without so...

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Chiang Mai: Reluctant Rock Climbing

Posted from: Chiang Mai, Thailand So it’s rock climbing tomorrow. Lydia and I signed up for a one day rock-climbing and rappelling...

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Obiter Dictums, Thailand

Posted from: Chiang Mai, Thailand I’ve been away from this blog for far too long, mainly due to lack of inspiration. Just because...

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The Bug Eating Saga

Posted from: Chiang Mai, Thailand The bug-eating saga continues, as this evening found me in a Yunnanese restaurant eating a plateful of...

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Maesai: The Dead and the Dying

Posted from: Chiang Mai, Thailand “Bob” and I drove forty-five minutes in the wrong direction based on the the strength of his...

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Songkran Festival

Posted from: Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai is Me Stew. In the midst of the steamy, humid air, I bob and simmer like so many diced...

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Mr. Monk and the Nuk Nuks

Chiang Mai, Thailand For the second time I gave my butt over to the less than tender mercies of Nuk’s motorbike and took the 10...