Every expat in Kabul knows how intensely frustrating and demoralizing it can be to spend an afternoon stuck in traffic. As an impatient Westerner accustomed to having the option of walking or cycling around cities, each passing minute spent in …
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Valley of the Gods: India Part 2 Rothang Pass by Arvind Viswanathan
The one thing that still thrills me about my entire stay was the clear, deep blue sky that gently touches your soul and unknowingly makes your heart smile. Not a cloud in the sky during the second week of December. …
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Angkor Wat by Bicycle by Antonio Graceffo
“Gi gong. Gi gong!” I repeated, switching to Khmer. “I want to ride a bicycle around Angkor Wat.” I insisted.”But it is more than thirty kilometers.” Protested the clerk at the bicycle shop. “And besides, it is raining.” Thirty kilometers …
Valley of the Gods: Part 1 Manali by Arvind Viswanathan
As soon as I got off the bus from Delhi early in the morning, I realized Manali had evolved and appeared to be was quite very different from what I had experienced before, and I immediately hoped (the pessimist that …
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Khmer and Twenty Something The Future of a New Nation by Antonio Graceffo
The school looks like some bombed out tenement block in Sarajevo. There is no glass in the windows. The walls are pealing. Dirt clings to the dark spots on the floor, where the rain pours through the gaping holes in …
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The Road to Siem Reap by Antonio Graceffo
The smiling boys formed a lined in orderly fashion, and waited patiently for their turn to punch me in the stomach. There were about five of them, but luckily the oldest was probably only about twelve.”Me next!” Shouted one boy, …
MUMBAI, INDIA’S RICHEST CITY
Welcome to Mumbai, India’s biggest, fastest and richest city. The moment you leave the airport this metropolis, perched on the edge of the Arabian Sea, will, quite simply, bowl you over. Here you don’t really breathe the air so much …
Through Mongolia By Camel, Horse, Jeep by Leslie R. Adams
Nestled between China and Russia is one of the planet’s final frontiers, Mongolia, the old stomping ground of Ghinggis Khan. There are a mere four million people here and a million of those live in the capitol, Ulaan Bataar, a …
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Stomping Around China by Leslie R. Adams
I had been in Mongolia on a horseback riding camping trip and thought while over in Asia I should poke around China a bit. I had to bribe the train authorities to get a seat on the Trans-Mongolian to Beijing …
Welcome to Water World by Kirsty Turner
After a short journey, I arrive at Ream National Park. My companions – two young Irish women – and I are sleepy-eyed as we climb out of the mini bus. As I breathe in the fresh, morning air, I suddenly …
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