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Prominent Writers: Candide Massocki Seeking Asylum in Asia
I’ve seen the beaten looks on other travelers faces. The look of “I hate this (country, city or town), but I’ll pretend I’m enjoying it...
Close Encounters of a Surreal Kind
Varanasi's rail station at midnight feels like the inside of Salvador Dali’s mind. Hundreds of make-shift mattresses strategically placed...
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Simplified Packing List
The following is my personalized list, but many items I’ve seen other travelers carrying (or missing) in their packs. Bag: my first solo...
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Compassion in the Merciless Cold of Litang, China
There are some places when you travel that throw you up. They bring you into the epicentre of their condensed cultured spaces only to...