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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…
Simon Ostheimer
Mar 18
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January 2023
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Jan 21
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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…
Simon Ostheimer
Jan 14
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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…
Simon Ostheimer
Jan 7
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December 2022
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Dec 10, 2022
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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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Dec 3, 2022
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November 2022
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Nov 5, 2022
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October 2022
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Oct 8, 2022
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September 2022
Going Tribal
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Sep 24, 2022
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The Queen and I
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Sep 17, 2022
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Inside Out
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…
Simon Ostheimer
Sep 3, 2022
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August 2022
Introducing Tony's Songbook
I'm starting a new Substack, where - once a week - I'll post songs by my late father
Simon Ostheimer
Aug 27, 2022
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