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The taxi driver knows every shortcut and every side street between the airport and my guesthouse, in this busy Indonesian city. We veer down impossibl...
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For much of the past two weeks, I’ve been tucked away in my upstairs room, writing to deadline. With busy streets, walkways and a footbridge cro...
This week, over dinner with a fellow traveller, the conversation turned to kids - of the human variety - and the impact of easy Google answers on curi...
The most exquisite pashmina shawls are embroidered by Kashmiri men, using single strand, silk thread on double woven, wool fabric. The craftsman&...
Bapo lives over the bridge and along the alley from me. She is a ginger tabby, a street cat with a fierce reputation as a mouser, and in exchange the ...
Each morning, below my Melacca river window, a local man brings four tortoises out for their breakfast. Feasting on imported hibiscus flowers, leaves ...
When did you last initiate a conversation with someone you didn’t know? Not just the smile and hello in passing, but a real two way conversation...
The Perhentian Islands are tiny jewels off the coast of north eastern Malaysia. The 40 minute speed boat ride from the mainland is full of tourists ea...
Every Friday morning a bird singing competition is held in Kota Bahru, and the chorus can be heard several streets away. Fine bamboo cages hang from r...
With twelve weeks left until I head home to New Zealand, there remains a particular writing commitment I’ve made to myself. Specifically, that I...
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