In the spring of 1971, my American father received a phone call from the US Military informing him he’d soon be drafted for a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Luckily, as he was in the midst of completing the requisite medical checks, the United States Congress–under intense public pressure–suspended the draft, which was a big step in the process that led to America’s eventual withdrawal from Vietnam and the end to over …

Thanks for all the concerned emails and phone calls from friends tracking me around the globe, although I am quite far from the recent earthquake in China. Hong Kong, where I am right now, was unaffected by the tremors.

My thoughts and prayers go out to my friends and the people in and around Szechuan Province in China. A friend of a friend of mine who lives in Chengdu captured the moment the earthquake …

Each country I visit I try to pick up a book about the local history, culture, people or related areas—either fiction or non-fiction. Reading these books while traveling in the countries they are about really brings the stories and history to life. I’ve read a number of great …

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Read the story that goes along with this photo gallery 1 Bus, 2 Motorbike, 8 Cambodian Drug Dealers, and A Run For The …

(Cambodia) Most days I wake up I have little idea where the day will take me. The following story is a good example; it begins with my traveling mates (Weijie from Singapore and Janny from Hong Kong) and I boarding a bus in Siem Reap headed to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and it ends with us literally running for the Vietnam border. What happens in between exemplifies that you often never know what’ll happen on …

Thanks for all the concerned emails and phone calls from friends tracking me around the globe, although I am quite far from the recent earthquake in China. Hong Kong, where I am right now, was unaffected by the tremors.

My thoughts and prayers go out to my friends and the people in and around Szechuan Province in China. A friend of a friend of mine who lives in Chengdu captured the moment the earthquake struck on video, while in the mountains outside Chengdu, and the BBC is now showing the footage here.

It is a terrible tragedy in a very beautiful part of the world. Please consider making a donation to the Red Cross to assist the victims of this disaster.