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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 announcement about …
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 …
Australia’s Forgotten People
Aborigines just aren’t visible in the larger population. From Perth to Melbourne, including in Adelaide, I rarely saw an Aborigine. And when I did, they were like the poor woman I saw today, sitting around on the margins, singly or in small groups. White Australians seemed to scarcely notice them. Even worse, in Coober Pedy, I was warned of an Aboriginal “gang” roaming the streets at night, as if they were wild dogs. I’ve never seen an Aborigine working in Australia, either as a cop, a waitress… as anyone
A Landscape of Sensual and Terrible Beauty
EUCLA, Western Australia — I realize that in all of this, I haven’t really given my impressions of Australia, particularly its wild and woolly western half. In short, it’s tremendous and awesome. I’ve …
12 – 13: Racing History in Hanoi">Le Grande Tour, Day 12 – 13: Racing History in Hanoi
HANOI — Hanoi! The very word sounds exotic, doesn’t it? I arrived Oct 15 after a — I kid you not — 26-hour bus ride from Vientiane to Hanoi. And just as all happy families are alike, …
4 – 6: Questioning Luang Prabang">Le Grande Tour, Days 4 – 6: Questioning Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang, the former royal capital, is being developed as a tourist destination by the very government that killed off the royal family. If this strikes you as a little cynical, well, welcome to the club.
From Bangkok to the north, and parts beyond
So I’m back in Chiang Mai, the charming little town that anchors northern Thailand, but tomorrow I head further north, past Chiang Rai to Chiang Khong/Huay Xai, where I’ll catch a “slow boat” down the Mekong to Luang Prabang, the royal capital of the Kingdom of Laos until the communists swept through in 1975 and renamed the whole country the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. I confess, I know next to nothing about Laos, but everyone says the place is beautiful and laid back. I do know they make a tasty beer there, and that the country’s short name, “Lao PDR” generally means “Laos, Please Don’t Rush.”
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.
‘To think that anything so fantastic could exist on this sombre earth’">‘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 Bangkok …
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