The Apartment

Job in hand, now it was time to look for an apartment. A clerk at the guest house happened to…

Apocalypse Z-Visa, Part II: Interview

I don’t know where the school is, so Sammy asks me to meet him at the bar known as Bad…

In order to work in China, one must secure what’s known as a “Z” Visa. The first step in attaining…

One of the scariest things about living abroad is hearing the frightening English-language songs in bars and coffee houses that…

Finally, here’s the video montage of my Songkran footage. The music is Glen Frey, “The Heat Is On.” And it…

Get Thai’d! You’re talking to a tourist Whose every move’s among the purist… One night in Bangkok and the world’s…

I didn’t bring much in the way of clothes for a year in China. About five changes of necessaries, two…

Songpan may not be the first Chinese city on the average tourist’s itinerary, but it boasts some of the best…

Following the flight, Benny, Olga, and I took a two-hour bus ride to the small town outside Jiuzhaighou National Park…

Chengdu is the fourth largest city in China, after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. It’s the capital of Sichuan province, famous…