A and I have been in New York City since Monday.
I’d forgotten how much I love this metropolis; I lived here between 1997 and 1999. That was a long time back.
The weather is delightfully crisp (think jeans and a light jacket). The bagels and street-side hot dogs and pizza slices are even tastier […]
I’m home in the US now. Arrived here on Monday. Spent some time in central PA. Currently in Beaufort, SC. Heading up the coast to Charleston in a few minutes. Visits to NYC and DC will come next.
Friends here in the US: email me for my local mobile number.
Posting here will be light for […]
Over at the New York Times’s Travel Q&A Blog, David G. Allan recently pointed out some resources for two inexperienced travelers coming to Thailand. I was happy to see that my Khao San Road story was among the highlighted articles.
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I am 18 and not a terribly experienced traveler. I have traveled in the United States, […]
CNN: “Myanmar cyclone survivors desperate for aid”
More than 22,000 killed and 41,000 missing, Myanmar radio reports
Survivor tells how wall of water left bodies in trees, bushes and streams
U.N. has started getting food aid but so far it is only the first step of huge job
U.S. President George Bush says Navy is ready to help if […]
Speaking of things slipping into extinction, Thailand has now discontinued use of its telegraph service.
Bangkok Post: “Telegraph service closes after 133 years”
After 133 years, the curtain came down on the telegraph service yesterday in a ceremony which saw several thousand people bid it farewell.
”The last chapter of 133 years of the Thai telegraph will be […]
Don’t miss this revealing New York Times infographic about America’s disappearing foods. (It will truly be a sad day when the Carolina northern flying squirrel goes the way of the dodo.)
From the article: “An Unlikely Way to Save a Species: Serve It for Dinner.”
The Lost Boy has put together a collection of the top 100 Thailand blogs. Newley.com is currently in 15th, while 2Bangkok is justifiably in the top slot, with Bangkok Pundit in 3rd.
Two of my favorite blogs from the region are missing, though: consummate food blogger/photog Austin Bush and Southeast Asia news blog New Mandala.
(Cartoon […]
If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. — Frank Lloyd Wright
A gave me a supremely cool gadget for Christmas: The Asus Eee PC. I’ve been using this most compelling toy subnotebook productivity tool for over three months now.
Here are 10 things you need to know about […]
Here’s a look at how people around the world refer to John Does, or unknown individuals.
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Here’s a long list of how people go about doing their jobs. Profiled here are artists, writers, musicians, robotics researchers, actors, cyclists, and more.
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Esquire:
The Worst Building in the History of Mankind
It’s the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, where the world’s 22nd largest skyscraper has been vacant for two decades and is likely to stay that way … forever.
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Even by Communist standards, the 3,000-room hotel is hideously ugly, a series of three gray 328-foot long concrete wings shaped into […]
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Remember the french fry-coated hot dog that I photographed in Seoul a while back? I mean, seriously, given the international acclaim that followed, how could you forget?
Well, in my ongoing quest to identify and consume hot dogs encrusted in all manner of incongruous snack foods, I bring you the waffle-coated hot dog.
In a feat […]
I recently purchased the excellent Nikon D40 camera. And a trip down to Koh Chang and Chanthaburi last week afforded me the perfect opportunity to put my new toy photojournalism tool through its paces.
You can see all 40 images in the set here.
Following are some of my favorite pics:
A ferry sets off for […]
The New York Times’s Alex Williams on “life lists”:
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Once the province of bird-watchers, mountain climbers and sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the life list has become widely popular with the harried masses, equal parts motivational self-help and escapist fantasy.
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Evidence of the lists’ surging popularity is all around. The travel writer Patricia Schultz currently has two “1,000 […]
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WorldArchitectureNews.com:
Far East Organization, Singapore’s largest private development company, has commissioned the Office for Metropolitan Architecture for OMA’s first architectural project in Singapore – a 36-storey residential high-rise. The 153 meter tall tower will be located at the intersection of Scotts Road and Cairnhill Road, in close proximity to Orchard Road, Singapore’s famous shopping and lifestyle […]
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