I didn’t give Saigon the time it deserved. I had planned a few days there, but soon after I took the photos from this walking tour of the center city, I got sick and had to lie low for the remainder of my time. The first thing anyone will notice is that people rarely refer […]
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By Stephen Bugno Spend any amount of time in China and you’ll start noticing ridiculous signs like these. Usually it’s the English translations that make that it so odd or even unintelligible. I’m not sure why we’re protecting CircumStance or why that should begin with me. Chinese people are so obsessed with playing cards, that signs need
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About 45 minutes down the road southwest from Jianchuan, along the busy Lijiang-Dali road is a town where most travelers fail to stop. No one pays too much attention to Shaxi these days. Its heyday is long gone. Once it stood on the busy Tea Horse Road—a less famous trading route than the Silk Road,
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Malacca, Malaysia in Photos Traveling to some of the touristy towns of China (like Lijiang) and in Vietnam (Hoi An) now one year later, I think back to what a special place Malacca, Malaysia is. Don’t get me wrong, Melacca is a super-touristy town, but why it’s special is that the old district has yet
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Halong Bay Sunset I had wanted to visit Halong Bay for years now. It’s one of those destinations that you see a picture of and you promise yourself that you have to go some day. But I recently read some bad press about someone’s experience there: the Bay is polluted; there are too many boats
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