Memories of Myanmar -Part 2
February 2018 I paused to gaze into the window of a 5 star restaurant in the downtown district of Yangon. I studied the inside environment through the gaps of the…
Memories of Myanmar-Part 1
February 2018 Once upon a time I boarded a cold and dark bus in the border town of Myawaddy on an early February morning. This bus would take me further…
Back in Chiang Mai
December 2017 – February 2018 After doing my time as a teacher in the People’s Republic, I found myself in my old stomping grounds of Chiang Mai, Thailand. But why…
Visa run to North Vietnam
October 2017 Amidst the smell of exhaust, noise of motorbikes and honking; customers slurped the morning special – every mornings special – vietnamese beef pho with a hint of tomato…
Pingnan, Guangxi Memories
Early October 2017 One Chinese man may have said to the other: “If you break the seal, I’ll open the box and we will share ONLY one mooncake. You get…
Mexico City
Flying over the coastline of Tamaulipas, a beautiful blonde woman near me wakes up from her snooze just as the flight attendant asks me what beverage I’d like. “Oh my…
Macau Visa Run
As a teenager, I read about China’s plans of constructing a high-speed railway system throughout the main land. The Pictures of its design and its proposed engineering feats of installation…
A short visa run to Hong Kong
First a simple question was asked. “Need a room for the night sir’? A different question from another malnourished dark skin Indian man. “What are you looking for my friend”?…
