Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer

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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…
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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…
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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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I'm starting a new Substack, where - once a week - I'll be posting songs by my father
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Introducing guest author, Penang-based Richard Farrar, who explores the long gone days of the Orient. Here, he follows in the footsteps of travel writer…
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Introducing guest writer Connor Plessl. Based in Chiang Mai in north Thailand, one day he set out to climb a holy mountain, and discovered a world of…
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Meet Nicholas Coffill, the Siem Reap-based author and major driving force behind the remarkable and fascinating new book Photography in Cambodia – 1866…
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On 23 April, I ran a story by an anonymous contributor about their struggles during the sudden Shanghai lockdown. Now we're three months on, how much…
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