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Don’t Fear the Siem Reap-er . . . But Maybe Skip the Mealworms
My visit to Siem Reap, Cambodia, coincided with a brief cease-fire from the nearby border conflict with Thailand that has been on-again, off-again for decades. To say that Cambodians harbor a grudge against their more prosperous and well-known neighbors would be an understatement. I was repeatedly informed during my stay that Muay Thai kickboxing, Thai
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Building Utopia in Singapore: We Can All Learn a Lot from the Little Red Dot
If I were to design my ideal city, it would look something like this: What I’ve just described is the modern city-state/country of Singapore. It’s my new favorite spot in the entire world. My love affair with the Little Red Dot caught me by surprise. Until recently, all I knew about the place is that
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Bali-fornia Dreamin’: Beaches, Temples and Poop Coffee in Indonesia
The island of Bali long ago earned a reputation as a relaxing, tropical paradise for surfers, spiritual trekkers and eco-adventurers. More recently, it has become (in)famous for overtourism and traffic congestion, so I was prepared for the worst. However, after having spent the prior week in Phuket, my Bali experience felt like travel easy mode.
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Homeward Bound and the Future of the Blog
After more than eight months of nonstop travel, completing a full circle of the globe and visiting 21 countries along the way, I finally am heading back to Tulsa. Regular readers who also have been following my (mis)adventures on social media may realize there are several destinations I still haven’t written about yet – one
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Phuket About It: Elephants, Wookies and Sunsets
Phuket (pronounced “poo-ket” – because you might as well ignore some consonants when your language has 32 different vowel sounds) is a cluster of tropical islands located on the west side of the narrow strip of land that connects mainland Thailand to Malaysia on the Andaman Sea, due east of Sri Lanka and about halfway
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I Don’t Practice Santorini: 48 Hours on an Island Paradise
You’re not coming to Santorini for the history or the culture. You’re here for one reason and one reason only: the view. Santorini delivers. You might even say the view is . . . wait for it . . . sublime. You’re welcome. If you somehow are still reading, there are a few things you
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Fake Plastic Palm Trees: 72 Hours in Doha, Qatar
Doha has one of the world’s best airports. There’s no good reason to venture beyond it. Ok, that might be a slight overstatement. I will concede that Doha might appeal to the same people who go to Phoenix in summer for the weather or who really like Plano, Texas. It’s asphalt, concrete, glass and luxury
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Colliding Worlds Part 2: Istanbul Can Feel Like a Turkish Prison
My last post shared some of the many “delights” from my week in the cultural melting pot that is Istanbul. But as George Costanza taught us in a memorable Seinfeld episode that also involved a Turkish prison hypothetical, colliding worlds can be problematic. For starters, nothing in Istanbul is easy. I was there in shoulder
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Colliding Worlds Part 1: Istanbul Is a Turkish Delight
One could argue that Istanbul is the most strategically important city in the history of the world. Sitting at the crossroads (technically, straddling a strait) between Europe and Asia, it has long been a major port and trade route. It was a leading center of commerce and military entanglements during multiple empires – Persian, Greek,
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Nothing to See Here, Folks: Three Days in Prishtina, Kosovo
Kosovo is the newest country in Europe and one of the youngest in the world, having only declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Kosovo is a teenager. It’s still finding itself. The bus ride from Tirana was a beautiful if somewhat unsettling journey. The Tirana East Gate bus station has no useful signage and
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