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Here’re some of my clips:

– Riding High (about a six-day trip on a Soviet-era motorbike in the northeast of Vietnam) (Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia) (04/08)

Oh man! First-minute madness costs Thailand (about a Thailand-Oman World Cup qualifying match) (AFP) (03/08)

Thaksin return raises hopes of Thai fans (AFP) (03/08)

“A Hippie Haven Goes Upscale” (The New York Times) (08/07)

– “Vogue Elephants” (globorati luxury travel blog) (07/07)

“Quito Comes Alive” (globorati luxury travel blog) (6/07)

“Wet Dreams” (globorati luxury travel blog) (6/07)

“Threat Level: Yellow! Asia’s Top 5 Terrorists” (Tripmaster Monkey) (6/07)

“Macau: Gambling on Gambling” (globorati luxury travel blog) (5/07)

“Sin City Reborn” (globorati luxury travel blog) (5/07)

“How to Escape Taipei Personalities” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)

“Playing our Songkran” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)

“Boutique Cruising on the Yangtze” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)

“A Concierge to end all Concierges” (globorati luxury travel blog) (3/07)

I contributed to Gridskipper, the urban travel guide, from 2005-2007. You can read all of my posts here.

“Asia’s Craziest Buildings” (Tripmaster Monkey) (3/07) “A ranking of Asia’s five most spectacularly strange buildings, from the quirky to the downright ugly to the utterly forsaken.”

“Thailand Tourists: ‘Coup? What Coup?’” (The New York Times) (10/06) About Thailand, tourism, and the military coup.

“My First Coup” (Tripmaster Monkey) About being in Bangkok during a bloodless coup (9/06).

– “Football Fever” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About World Cup supporters in Thailand (6/06)

– “Where to Watch the World Cup” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) A survey of viewing venues in Bangkok (6/06)

– “A Betting Nation” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About World Cup-related gambling in Thailand (6/06)

– “Pitching In” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About Thailand’s contribution to the World Cup (6/06)

– A review of drumming legend Billy Cobham’s Thailand debut (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) (5/06).

“Honk Fiercely as You Ride” (Student Traveler Magazine) About taking a scooter licensing exam in Taiwan (11/05).

“Beat the At-Home Blues” (Transitions Abroad Magazine) About keeping your spirits high between trips. (11/05).

“Teaching English in Ecuador” (Transitions Abroad Magazine) (1/05).

“Teaching English in Taiwan” (Transitions Abroad Magazine) (9/04).

– “Letter from Abroad” (Emory Magazine). About living in Ecuador during the war in Iraq (10/03).

“Soup to Nuts” (World Hum). A story about visiting a market in Thailand (9/01).