Asia
Close enCOWnter
It’s 7 p.m. in Baisha, China, a tiny village of a couple hundred people, a handful of shops,…
Category: Destinations
Asia
Dining (way) out in China
“Oh, good evening,” said the smiling young waiter at Ninety-Seven Restaurant in Lijaing’s Ancient City. “Table for two?…
Asia
Getting lost on the roads less traveled
Sometimes getting lost is the best means of finding your way. We’re six weeks in to our Great…
Asia
What language barrier?
“Hello, can I help me?” asked the smiling, well-intended, albeit language-challenged young woman at the Vietnam Airlines office…
Asia
Saved by strangers at Chongqing hotpot
The bright lights and red façade attracted us to the first-floor hotpot restaurant not far from Chongqing’s Liberation…
Asia
Malaria madness…fevers, chills and the cookie doctor
In my altered state of malaria-induced fogginess, New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport presented itself as an oblong-shaped mass…