Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) These are my last days in Thailand for some time – I am heading to Chiang Rai tomorrow and then taking the slow boat down the Mekong on…
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Shopping and Markets
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Marrakech, Morocco “What’s your favourite place in the world?” I never know how to answer that question, because I have different favourites for different reasons. Japan, Canada, Turkey, Slovenia, Vietnam, France, Ireland,…
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Paris, FranceParisian markets have that hypnotic effect on me that make me think, “Why yes, I do need a box full of broken watches, a life-size mannequin, some creepy puppets, a few…
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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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Edinburgh, ScotlandI’m off to Kobe tomorrow for a day of window shopping, lunch in Chinatown, and relaxing on the beach. Summer is here.
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Brussels, Belgium There are few weekends better than those that include smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels in bed, B-movies, red wine in the park, Sam Cooke records, and (of course) the…