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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January 2023

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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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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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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December 2022

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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November 2022

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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October 2022

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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September 2022

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…

August 2022

I'm starting a new Substack, where - once a week - I'll post songs by my late father
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