Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia I spent Christmas day of 2009 waking up with a view over the South China Sea, pulling on a sundress, and heading out to the marketplace. Though definitely not…
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Tondabayashi, Japan I’m longing for rainless summer nights, the kind of nights when you buy grilled squid and Kirin from the street vendors, when you laugh with your mouth wide open, when…
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Christchurch, New Zealand I have little time for words tonight, as I’m meeting J in Osaka station and then heading downtown to watch the first World Cup game. Four years ago, I…
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Hay-on-Wye, Wales “Hay-on-Wye? Is that some kind of sandwich?” -Arthur Miller I went to Wales on my own one summer (I almost always travel solo). I was living in Edinburgh then, and…
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Tokyo, Japan: A Day in Shimo-Kitazawa and Shibuya In Tokyo you can eat Vietnamese food or American cheeseburgers or Hokkaido ramen, you can eat at more Michelin Guide restaurants than in Paris…
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Manitoba, CanadaI am the type of person who never wants the journey to end. When I was growing up in the sleepy city of Winnipeg, I used to beg my dad to…