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I'm starting a new Substack, where - once a week - I'll post songs by my late father
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Hey Taipei! - Part One
Visiting the island for the first time in 40 plus years, I discovered an amazing city full of great food, friendly people, and a wealth of attractions…
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True Visions
Meet Nick McGrath, an Australian photographer based in Bangkok for the last decade, who - when he's not on assignment - seeks out the changing faces of…
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A Photo of Life and Death
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Goodbye Dad
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The Elephants of Angkor
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Cool Runnings
Meet Chet Nairene, the American author of 'Pacific Dash', a new novel that follows the Asian adventures of Dashiell Bonaventure, from an Illinois farm…
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Pyongyang or Bust
Meet Nicholas Bonner, the founder of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which since the '90s has specialized in taking tourists to one of the last undiscovered…
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Hong Kong Stories: IIs in the Hills
In a new series of short stories, I recount my memories of Hong Kong. We begin with the tale of how I once met illegal immigrants hiding out in the…
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Have Words, Will Travel
Meet Lee Cobaj, Hong Kong travel writer extraordinaire. Always on the move, I caught up with her at the tail end of her latest crazy adventure: a 10…
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Dapper Designer
Meet Edward Ram, the multitalented yet almost unknown Hong Kong architect behind some of the city's most famous buildings - including a recently…
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Easy Riders
Always in search of the best photos, Vietnam War-era US photographers Sean Flynn and Dana Stone wound up being captured, and possibly buried, in eastern…
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Big Fish
Meet Stuart McDonald, founder and owner of Travelfish, which for the last 18 years has been guiding travelers (and travel writers) to places unknown in…
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Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer
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