I had truly landed in expatriate paradise when I was picked up in Jakarta by a driver in an AC van. The vehicle sailed past past gleaming malls and street food stalls, back to my friend’s gated community. There, we were...
Read MoreWhen did the point of travel become to visit as many places as possible, while keeping local interaction to a minimum? It’s become easy for travellers to see exotic locales while avoiding the culture of a place. There are...
Read MoreI’m in India now, on my fourth long stay. Choking on fumes and listening to car horns as I bounce in an auto-rickshaw on a pothole-studded road, I wonder why I keep coming back. It’s a question that I ask myself...
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