My friend Bob Wallack: A great guy who brought flavor to life
When lung cancer took the life of my friend Bob Wallack earlier this week, it removed a ton of flavor from a world that’s already too often bland. Bob was […]
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The Top 10 Amazing People of our Incredible Journey
I was straddling my motorbike outside the Ancient House River Resort – waiting for Gabi and chatting with Minh, one of the hotel’s managers – when fate struck again and […]
» Read moreOn working: A Chinese perspective
Li’s brow furrowed as he turned in the seat to look at me, dumbfounded by my question. “They have two arms, two legs. They can walk, or talk, can they […]
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Ho-listically speaking
Sometimes I find things on TripAdvisor that lead us in a completely different direction. While looking for a place to stay in Lijiang last week, I came across a reviewer […]
» Read moreSaved 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 Monument. The steady stream of customers in and out of the place […]
» Read moreThe milkman cometh – and goeth (and cometh and goeth)
The man pedals his rickety, one-speed bicycle along the treacherous road near Pushkar, a stunning figure in billowing white clothes contrasting with the rock, sand and scrub brush of Rajasthan. […]
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