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China, Video Blogs

China’s Misty Mountains (R)

China’s Misty Mountains The day before, having walked up and then accidentally halfway down and then back up the mountain, I fell into an exhausted and not entirely happy sleep in an overpriced dorm room. Waking up on the day of the video, then, I found Huangshan covered in snow […]

Afghanistan, Travel Words

Afghan Anxiety (R)

“Good Luck!” With that as the send-off, we were beyond the Tajik border in no-mans-land on the way to Afghanistan. I honestly don’t think I’d ever felt true anxiety until that moment. So many thoughts, so quickly. Is this a terrible idea? Are we making a mistake? Should I tell […]

Azerbaijan, Photo Blogs

Back in Baku (R)

Baku strikes me as the kind of place that Dubai was probably like before they really got going with all the development and superscrapers. Even the lingua franca seemed to be English, despite the former Soviet influence. To be honest I didn’t really like the place, but that might be […]

Tajikistan, Travel Words

Family Dinner in Tajikistan (R)

You know one of the things I really love about Central Asia? The tradition of hospitality. I was just walking down the street in Istaravshan having a wander at the end of a transit day, and asked these dudes whether the left turn or right turn down their street lead […]

Denmark, Photo Blogs

Coolin’ It in Koge (R)

Koge, Denmark. So pretty that even people from Copenhagen are like “Daaaaamn, its nice here!” As the later pictures show, my visit was cut short by a combination of impending rain and an expiring 24-hr transport ticket. Even in the brief couple of hours in spent in the area, though, […]