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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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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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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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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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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On the banks of the Tonle Sap, the old waterway that connects bustling Phnom Penh with ancient Angkor, a new hotel is giving a fresh spin on what it…
The passing of the British Queen Elizabeth II has made me pause to reflect on what she meant to me, my hometown, and the future of Hong Kong. God save…
A new office in Saigon has responded to the city's frantic development by bringing the greenery indoors, in a remarkable garden workplace that provides…
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Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer