Dusk in the Monkey Kingdom
Several months after the monsoon the landscape of Hampi is desolate and other-worldly. Save the glowing green rice paddies and banana plantations thriving in well irrigated valleys, the occasional stunted […]
Several months after the monsoon the landscape of Hampi is desolate and other-worldly. Save the glowing green rice paddies and banana plantations thriving in well irrigated valleys, the occasional stunted […]
Goa’s horizons are red. A pale pinkish red, the bright saffron of the Indian flag, and the the deep, rust color of dried blood. It exposes itself up and down […]
We’d just finished our first Dosa since Penang the previous winter, its savory potato masala blending in our mouths with tangy mint chutney christening our yearly sovereign to the tropics […]
Indonesia’s intrinsic diversity is what makes traveling here captivating. It’s a place that’s easy to drop all expectations and just be amazed by what is waiting to be found. Every […]
“Mister, you buy” “Lady, you buy” Somewhere between a question and a command, these phrases rise in a nasal Cambodian accent from an army of tiny women standing guard at […]
We affectionately nicknamed our vessel the “Smog Princess”. Its two massive Chinese engines belched smoke with a deafening roar and required nearly constant attention from the captain’s three sons who […]
A noisy, sputtering gas generator keeps the village’s satellite TV blaring until midnight, teenagers wearing “I don’t give a F*#k” t-shirts chain smoke cigarettes, and the purr of chainsaws are […]
The old woman’s solemn, weathered face was worn with the passing of decades, transformation of traditions, arrival of modernity, and resurgence of culture. Her calm dark eyes, deeply sunken into […]
Hyperventilating is the secret – as you float on the surface of the warm turquoise waters, rapidly draw air in and out of your lungs to dive deeper and explore […]
Caves have always captured the human imagination. Dark, mysterious, and inhospitable they have been a place of exploration and worship. Often seen as a gateway to the spiritual world and […]
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