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Kyrgyzstan river long exposure landscape September 30, 2015

Stalin’s Handprints and Soviet Footprints (Stans #2)

This is part 2 of my introduction to ‘the Stans’ of Central Asia. You

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A kite ('layang layang') competition in rural Sumatra. July 21, 2015

The Wondrous Kite Competitions of the Central Sumatra Highlands

In central Sumatra after rice harvests, the

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>> June 30, 2015

Daggy Aggro Bogans: Introduction to Australianisms

Australians speak funny. I learned this pretty quickly seven years ago when I

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>> April 16, 2015

Eating the Breeze: 6 Funny and Useful Indonesian Expressions Not...

Bahasa Indonesia (‘language of Indonesia’) is widely considered the easiest

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>> February 21, 2015

4 Tips to Bargain Better, with Smiles and Laughs

Many westerners are unaccustomed to bargaining. Like most unfamiliar things, we find

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October 11, 2014

Beach breaks and Bogeymen (Indonesia #3)

Wayan, Made, Nyoman, Ketut (banyak!) sk someone what the word ‘Kuta’

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July 16, 2013

Oh, Canada…. (Canada #1)

Two years is a long time. That's how long it's been since my last time in Canada, my

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December 17, 2012

Greetings in Four Languages (West Africa #3)

We Interrupt This Programming he tall-ship Sørlandet upon which Class Afloat is

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October 23, 2010

You Buy From Me!? (Vietnam, Update #3)

High Country When we disembarked after dawn in the highland town of Sapa, we were

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Four arms, fore arms. February 26, 2010

Much Needed ‘Strine’ Update (Australia #13)

Greetings everyone. It’s been some time since my India updates, and even longer

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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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August 31, 2009

Michael who? (Australia #12)

Banking on Coincidences The credit card I hurried through in order to quickly buy my

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