Tag: travelogue
Nay Pyi Taw–What if They Built a Capital and Nobody Came?
The Surreal Solitude and Mind-Boggling Modernity of Nay Pyi Taw By Richard Luhrs When one thinks of Southeast Asian cities,...
Letter on Japan: Before and After the Quake (Pt. 2)
By Sam Sheppard Overwhelmingly, at least until the earthquake struck, the Koreans I met chose to ignore Japan as much...
Letter on Japan: Before and After the Quake
By Sam Sheppard Using my JR Rail Pass to the fullest, I was able to take in Hiroshima, Himeji, Kyoto,...
Kwangju and Broke Again: Day by Day of an Expat Travel Writer (Pt. 3)
By Joshua Richman Korea’s green tea, like its ginseng, is excellent. I could have written about Art Street without visiting...
Kwangju and Broke Again: Day by Day of an Expat Travel Writer
By Joshua Richman Most folks who fancy becoming travel writers don’t want to write. They want to travel. Jaded, I...
Dancing with Nietzsche—A tiger, a bear, a lot of soju and an MTV gig: Act 3
By Tiger and Bear with illustrations by James Wilson. Act Three: The Performance As we stood behind the wings I...
The Chengdu Experience—out of the Pub to Walk the Good Earth of China
By Jake Reed You can waste away in a pub on a bender or walk the earth. Not the worst...
Dancing with Nietzsche— A tiger, a bear, a lot of soju and an MTV gig
By Tiger and Bear with illustrations by James Wilson. The town was a far cry from the Asian space-age metropolises...