Category: Asia

May 4, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Mt. Fuji: Sloshing in the Rain

“A solid pair of boots have done me more good than all the insurance, hiking…

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May 3, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Tokyo: Apex Metroplex

“There is nowhere I am smaller and forced to scurry than a thrumming, daunting city…

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May 2, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Osaka: Occasional Dots and Days

“How swift a place with an iota of familiarity becomes home. How wonderful.” – Old…

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May 1, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Hiroshima: Where All Clocks Stopped

“There’s a self-imposed difficulty traveling as an American. Whether in the US or wandering abroad,…

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April 30, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Kyoto: By Hush, By Rabble

“How much grander would the world be if all of us too the same care…

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April 29, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Kobe: Aftershocks

“There is an oddness in humanity where we seek to preserve our scars for all…

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April 28, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Nara: Formally, My Dear

There are few cultures in the world as distinct and oft-sought as the woven society…

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April 27, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Bali: Wedding Panoramas

“Long can the best of humans show faithfulness to one another.” – Old Sean Thieves’…

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April 26, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Bali: Spring Festival Startup

“We live in an odd era where too many people can ruin a good thing.…

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April 25, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Datong: Yearly Showstopper

“The most dreadful thing about celebrating a New Year is the certainty that you did…

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April 24, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Nanjing: Holographic Buddhas

“Rare are the artworks who can tastefully combine ancient icons in modern formats. The creators…

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April 23, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Shanghai: Granting Inertia

“No matter how many ties I experience it, it’s fresh each time. The sensation of…

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April 22, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Hohhot: Debt Free by 2020

“The endless cycle of wake, work and sleep with no interruptions is its own type…

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April 21, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Beijing: Forever Visa Trips

There’s something bizarre about modern Visa paperwork requiring hard copies of files and the physicals…

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April 20, 2023 / Asia

Living in Hohhot : Trust in the Trials

“Nothing says “Guess this is my home” like purging a zone of infestations.” – Old…

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