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November 2, 2009

Anything is Possible (India update #4)

Watch Your Step Varanasi, once known as Benares, is an ancient, sacred city along

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October 24, 2009

Yes? No? Maybe? OK! (India update #3, from Nepal)

Early Bird gets the Worm Most people go to Agra only to see the Taj Mahal, and maybe

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taj water October 15, 2009

Horn Please (India #2)

  All the good martyrs are dead ou may have noticed photos from

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They were short on beds that night October 8, 2009

Touchdown (India update #1)

Coming from Canada, Dan arrived about a week before I did. Normally very eloquent,

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Death for drugs July 22, 2009

Street Gangs, Shopping, and Scam Artists (Malaysia update)

I took my last breath of airconditioned Australian air as I prepared to disembark.

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Glico man August 27, 2008

The Future is Now (China/Japan #11)

Upon landing in Japan I was expecting to be guided by multi-lingual robot assistants

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August 26, 2008

Rising Sun (China #10, to Japan)

I have continued my eastward trend and have come to Japan. Before commenting on all

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August 26, 2008

Go West. New Frontier. Escape from Xinjiang (China...

Here are the final three China updates, emailed separately but posted together: Go

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July 7, 2008

Thousands of Kilometers. Down the Yangtze. Shanghainese. (China #4 to...

Thousands of Kilometers (China #4) In the last few days Oker and his Mandarin has

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old Chinese man June 12, 2008

Rice Terraces (China #3)

I write to you from the Zhuang (a minority people) village of Pingan in China,

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Hong Kong skyline June 7, 2008

Hong Kong (China #1 and #2)

First Impressions (#1) I made it to HK alright, nearly an hour ahead of schedule!

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