It happened again. An old man this time. Long white hair melting into his beard. Eyes glazed over. The plump woman shouted “Oi! You gotta pay for that!” She ran…
Stories from the past
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This series details six months the author spent as a student in Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, in 2014. Part 1. Part 2. We all got used to…
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This series details six months I spent as a student in Chengdu the capital of China’s Sichuan province, in 2014. Read part 1 here. When you the North Gate of…
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Vibrant blue and yellow prayer flags were wrapped around an ugly metal pylon. The thin fabric shook frantically in the wind, as if electrified by the current surging through…
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You’re in a cold warehouse about the size of your high school gymnasium. It’s still dark outside. Enormous tuna fish lie in rows in the middle. They are whole but are…
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In 2012, motivated by an article in the New York Times and a tantalizing hint in the Lonely Planet guidebook, myself and my traveling companion Tiho Mijatov set out from…
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Earlier this year I spent a semester studying Chinese at a university in Chengdu, South West China. The key ‘attraction’ of our university was the 操场, “sports ground,” an artificial running track…
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It had been almost a year of travelling Europe after 3 months hopping the Greyhounds around Australia. I thought myself a pretty polished traveller, but although I’d turned 18 on…
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I was in New York and was going to Alabama to see Jason Isbell in concert. The plan was to ride the Greyhounds to Nashville and hang out there soaking up…