Essay by Patrick Pittman, Studio D travel grant winner. Read The Panj Drift.
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I’ve decided to take a 3+ month sabbatical from frog to kick-back, launch a few projects including a couple of books, take in some interesting …
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For the past six weeks I’ve been gently nudging up my time-zone count to reach UCT+9, Tokyo Standard Time. Yesterday was a comma in six …
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Beat up Mercedes are to Lebanon what beat up Corollas are to Afghanistan. That’s stories being written.
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Suica used to pay for lockers in Shibuya station.
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On the road again – on a journey that will span four continents and some interesting destinations. For those of you who go in for that …
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Kicking off the year with a couple of days downtime in Tokyo, enough breathing space to reflect on the last, and plan for the new. 2010 …
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A week of international travel on 18 litres capacity, with room to spare. Packing discipline frees the mind, body and soul.
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Shipping out today for a journey that will span 3 continents, a couple of speaking gigs, and take me from the pot-holed and badly lit …
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If there’s one thing that is likely to raise the stress levels of the think-you’ve-seen-it-all-before business traveler it’s the taxi from the airport to the …
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