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Category: Asia

April 24, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Nanjing: Holographic Buddhas

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

April 23, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Shanghai: Granting Inertia

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

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…

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…

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…

April 19, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Hohhot: It’s Always Been Asia

“There’s no better way to get a feel for a city than by walking it.…

April 18, 2023 / Asia

Visiting Beijing: Back in Beijing

“Though in terms of miles, I’ve circled the world several times, this return to Beijing…

December 24, 2022 / Asia

Departing Beijing: A Farewell to China

“Over a year in Asia and I’ve not learned more than ten sentences in Chinese.…

December 21, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Fengdu: Duality of Ghost Cities

“Mortals get an end to their story; that is their birthright. But faiths of ancestors…

December 20, 2022 / Asia

Revisiting Chongqing: The Recollection Returns

“Without the ability to revisit a moment in time, revisiting an exact place is impossible.…

December 19, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Tsonjin Boldog: Bequeathing the Plains

“And with him on the back of a steed, all humans on Earth are forever…

December 18, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Gorkhi-Terelj National Park: Vast as Souls

“I knew I would love it beneath the sky.” -Old Sean Upon the Plateau Mongolia…

December 17, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Ulaanbaatar: Heart of the Steppes

“Say what you will about Stalinist-Soviet architecture. They know how to make a grand plaza…

December 16, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Yangon: Blaze of the Gilded Pagoda

“I always knew life would be out there. I didn’t expect to be good at…

December 15, 2022 / Asia

Visiting Bagan: Sunset Braced Monuments

“What a world came before us. What a world our ancestors stewarded. And what a…