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- Mumbai terrorist attacks
- November 26, 2008
- The news from Mumbai is ugly, but it may get worse still if the attacks trigger inter-ethnic violence.
- What's in a name?
- October 25, 2008
- Your neighborhood bar is the place where people know your name; if we could just get them to remember the bar's name as well, we'd be onto something.
- Carol Jenkins (1945-2008)
- January 22, 2008
- American anthropologist Carol Jenkins has died at her home, aged sixty-three.
- Mumbai
- January 11, 2008
- A small collection of photographs taken in and around Mumbai.
- Strange days indeed
- October 11, 2007
- Only in Tajikistan can a ride in a shared taxi turn into an industrial spelunking expedition.
- The Gray Plague
- October 8, 2007
- The police in Dushanbe are everywhere ... and they have too much time on their hands.
- East London
- January 28, 2007
- A few photographs from East London.
- Patiwat?
- September 19, 2006
- The Thai military has seized power - again.
- Erawan
- March 22, 2006
- The Brahma statue at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine has been smashed by a mentally-ill man.
- Global Village Epiphany
- January 31, 2006
- Teatime in the global village.
- Siem Reap
- January 26, 2006
- A fashion show in Siem Reap.
- Phnom Penh
- January 17, 2006
- Back to Phnom Penh, which hasn't changed much in a year and a half.
- Going downhill fast
- December 31, 2005
- Recent arrests and trials of opposition figures bode ill for Cambodia's fragile democracy.
- Back to Bangkok
- June 13, 2005
- Returning once again to Bangkok, via Tokyo.
- Hue and Hoi An
- July 12, 2004
- Jottings from Central Vietnam.
- Landcruiser
- July 7, 2004
- How to tell where you are in South-East Asia by looking at the vehicles.
- Farangs
- June 29, 2004
- You meet such fascinating people when you travel.
- Dr Strangedops
- June 5, 2004
- Three adults, one motorcycle, forty-eight klicks - no problem!
- Bangkok to Kampot
- June 3, 2004
- From Bangkok to Kampot, Cambodia, by bus, boat, motorcycle and car.
- Visa Run
- June 2, 2004
- It's time to leave Thailand - and come back in with a new visa.
- Shrines
- May 30, 2004
- On Bangkok's roadside shrines, Hindu outposts in a Buddhist country
- Khlong Saen Saep
- May 16, 2004
- The Khlong Saen Saep canal boat - the only form of public transport in the world that runs on toxic waste.
- Hi-So
- May 13, 2004
- In which we go to a fashionable party and have a surprising encounter on the way home.
- Counting Down
- April 17, 2004
- In about ten days time, I'll be leaving New York for three months in Asia. My new employers have kindly consented to me taking the time off, so with the ink still wet on my job contract (we have slow-drying...