March 3, 2020
The City of Longevity
When a young woman makes a trip to Taichung, her father's hometown in Taiwan, she struggles to find a window into his busy life. “We’re meeting them at the restaurant.…
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February 4, 2020
Sober in Southeast Asia
A solo traveler attempts to navigate Southeast Asia's hedonistic backpacking scene without the crutch of alcohol. I stumbled out of my Grab car with my trusty black backpack into the…
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December 26, 2019
Living with the Dead
In a Manila cemetery, the living and the dead live side-by-side, and our writer wants to know why. It was a steaming afternoon in mid-summer when I found myself at…
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December 17, 2019
Back to Bengal
After a gap of seventeen years, a Bengali writer returns to the storied city of Kolkata. With her husband and their adult daughter, they set out to discover the history…
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December 10, 2019
Autumn in the Iya Valley
In this story, the second of a two-part series on Japan, our writer passes under changing leaves and over mountains to visit a village of scarecrows and a forest full…
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November 29, 2019
Two Japans: Osaka and Mount Koya
In this story, the first of a two-part Japan series, a traveler experiences the tension between ancient and modern Japan as she winds through hypnotic cities and a temple-topped mountain.…
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November 20, 2019
The Mountain of Fire
During a midnight trek up a volcano in Java, Indonesia, our writer realizes that her so-called "guides" are not exactly who they claim to be. The night sky passed overhead…
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October 20, 2019
Shanghai Fever
Despite illness and inconvenience, a traveler is determined to experience all that Shanghai has to offer Sleeping in the Shanghai Pudong International Airport overnight only made me think of one…
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October 9, 2019
Ice Skating in Kazakhstan
Photojournalist B. A. Van Sise found Kazakhstan to be a land where the visitor is a treasured guest - just so long as you can get past the border guards.…
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September 26, 2019
Indonesia’s Last Monarchy
An Indonesian writer travels to Java’s last provincial monarchy and speaks with a servant of the royal family. On Christmas Day, I went with my parents and little sister to…
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