Smoking in Mongolia. More Difficult Than You’d Think.
After over a quarter of a century as a smoker, and a spectacularly misspent youth, I like to think that I have a nose for...
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Welcome to Mongolia
The language barrier at the border is sudden and absolute. Chinese trains, buses and finally a taxi have brought us to the border, but we’ll...
Egypt?! What Was I THINKING?!
I was less than sanguine about returning to Dahab. Sure, I love Dahab. And as a quiet, beautiful, cost-effective place in which to work with...
The Friday Photo: Yi Lady Smoking
We met this lady from the Yi tribal minority catching the cable car up to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, outside Lijiang, China, to tend to...
Climbing Mount Kinabalu
Dali would have loved the summit of Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak between the Himalayas and New Guinea. Granite towers, horns and cowslicks protrude improbably...
Ulp. It's an Alp.
When a mountain makes it onto the state flag, you know it’s a big old mountain. And Mount Kinabalu, which stands over 4000m above Sabah...