June 12, 2015
“Are you joking? Can you check again?” There was only one bus per day, and he
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May 23, 2015
Part of this website’s byline is ‘Unexpect’. I’ve yet to fully
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May 7, 2015
THE ACEHNESE GRANDPARENTS in the seats beside me were glowing like a pair of
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March 16, 2015
AS WE ROUNDED THE CORNER on our scooter, we were confronted by a swarm of police
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February 8, 2015
When I met Liz, it was in the darkness of night. I sat outside my poorly ventilated
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October 27, 2014
Dear reader, My few days in Tana Toraja really embodied the Indonesian flag:
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October 11, 2014
Wayan, Made, Nyoman, Ketut (banyak!) sk someone what the word ‘Kuta’
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July 21, 2014
After sixteen hours of solid sleep, I woke up feeling slightly refreshed. It had
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May 6, 2014
Bad brakes and fluorescent skin hen the overloaded scooter beneath us began
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May 2, 2012
Full Moon It wasn’t hard to spot the little man in the big crowd outside the
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February 20, 2012
Shhhhh During the ten years beginning in the mid 1960’s—while the world was
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January 30, 2012
In The Tubing Twelve years ago, Vang Vieng was a quiet riverside town surrounded by
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