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One Year After Pakistan

BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Two years ago yesterday, I was awakened in Islamabad by an editor in Singapore calling me at 6 a.m. to tell me President Obama was going to make an […]

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The Road Goes Ever On and On

I spent almost a month in New Zealand and realized, gosh, I hadn’t written much at all about this wonderful, magical place. Well, now that I’m back on dry land […]

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Ten Years After…

Ten years ago today, the United States began perhaps its costliest and most destructive foreign policy blunder. And as for many young journalists, it also allowed me to jump-start my […]

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Reaching the Ends of the Earth at the End of the World

Hello all! Long time, eh? Well, sorry about that. I was at sea when the world supposedly ended. Perth is the most isolated big city in the world. To the […]

How do you like your blog?

It has recently come to my attention that Truly, Nomadly, Deeply (TND) isn’t as intuitive as it might be. I agree that it’s lacking a clear, traditional blog timeline on […]

Commenting on the Blog

A bit of blog housekeeping: There seems to be some screwy code with the comments and the blog. My Facebook plugin is hosing the comment count on the post headers, […]

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Le Grande Tour: Day 1, The White Temple

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand—I could say the day started bright and early, but that would be a lie. It started at a reasonable 10 a.m. with a pickup by the tour […]

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Cambodia Mea Culpa

You ever write something you wish you could take back? Or at least edit? A poorly-worded email, or text message that went out before you meant to hit send? The previous entry is solidly in that category.

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Crossing to Cambodia

When crossing the border to Cambodia on a visa run, I’m reminded that things are nebulous in the frontier regions.

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‘To think that anything so fantastic could exist on this sombre earth’

CHIANG MAI, Thailand—To say the north of Thailand differs from the south is one of the most obvious observations you can make about this country. And by “south,” I mean […]