In early 2009, the Cambodian railway system was in shambles. A French company was brought in to repair the network … More
Tag: Asia
A Bali Pilgrimage
You Can’t Go Home Again, the title of Thomas Wolfe’s posthumous novel, came to mind recently when I made my … More
An Impromptu Adventure
After weeks of tracking the unpredictable shenanigans of a volcanically-inclined mountain, after some reflection and calculation, and though my intended … More
Tropical Horror Show
Long ago I signed up for a weekly news digest that spews out Bali’s most sensational gossip and items at … More
Namaste to Nepal
Over the past few days, ever since I landed in the Red Dot (that is Singapore), I’ve had a chance … More
Moving Day Surprise
It was moving day. Again. I seem to have developed a regular habit of moving, regularly, since I came to … More
Kuta (or More Reasons to Love Sidemen)
There’s a place in Bali that I’ve probably never mentioned before. Never dared to write about. Mostly because, other than … More
The Heart & Soul of Sidemen
Even if you live in a place like Bali, every once in awhile you just need to get away. So … More
Musings about Bangkok
This is what happens when I spend a week in this humming, thrumming, 24/7, 7-11 megalopolis: I’m overcome with Observer … More
The Sethsayer
Three days after my last blog posting, when I was still reeling from the incident that threatened to push me … More
