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Utah and Northern Arizona
Southwest USA—Since moving to Colorado I have been dreaming about a roadtrip around Utah andnorthern Arizona’s nation...
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Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan—Since my first visit, when the Fukushima disaster struck on my second day in Japan, I have been continua...
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Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam—Early morning along the tracks in Hanoi’s old quarter. Long Bien Market, where vendors clash and shou...
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A Summer in Southeast Asia
When I signed the job offer for my first post-college job, I was offered a choice of start dates: June, July or Augus...
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Retrospectives
Twenty countries and none of it written down. That’s not right.Just for my own amusement, I hope to write down what ...
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Australians in Bangkok
My first meal in Thailand was at a small restaurant, not much more than a cart with a few tables, across my hostel. ...
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Japan: Getting Out
March 15, 2011 What had been a two week trip was now six days. My flight out of Narita wasn’t until late afternoon b...
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Japan: Maybe I Should Leave
March 14, 2011 Around four in the morning we left the manga cafe and walked the few blocks to Tsukiji, making our way...
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Japan: Sushi and Uncertainty
March 13, 2011 The morning of the 13th was when the danger started to become palpable. At this point Fukushima was a...
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Japan: Calm
March 12, 2011 The night of the 11th passed uneasily with aftershocks rolling through intermittently. The next morni...
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Japan: Wasn't So Bad?
March 11, 2011 There’s a long-standing tradition for Americans who visit Tokyo. By a quirk of timezones, you will wa...
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Japan: Shabu-Shabu
March 10, 2011 I landed in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 10th and took the slow (read: cheap) train from Narita to th...
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Japan
Two weeks in Japan, hitting the highlights: start in Tokyo, take a shinkansen down to Kyoto, do a little temple-hoppi...