Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer

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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…
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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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August 2022

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