Hong Kong in Three Days — The City That Never Lets You Rest
Three days in Hong Kong in January 2025. The Monster Building at Quarry Bay, a junk boat on Victoria Harbour, and a city that moves faster than anywhere else on earth.
Kampot, Cambodia — The Country’s Most Liveable Town
Kampot is the exception to my Cambodia ambivalence: a slow river town with French colonial architecture, world-class pepper farms, and an atmosphere that makes people stay longer than they planned.
Bagan 2012 — Why Myanmar’s Ancient Temple Plain Still Haunts Me
A memory of Bagan in 2010 and 2012 — before ATMs, before mass tourism, before the coup. What the plain was like when you could be alone with two thousand temples.
Bhaktapur — Nepal’s Ancient City the Tourist Buses Skip
Bhaktapur is the best-preserved medieval city in the Kathmandu Valley. A guide to its three squares, the Nyatapola Temple, and why it is worth more than a quick stop.
Patan (Lalitpur) — The Kathmandu Valley’s City of Bronze and Beauty
Patan is the finest of the three royal cities in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley — extraordinary Newari bronze workshops, the best museum in Nepal, and a Durbar Square that survived the 2015 earthquake remarkably intact.
Pokhara, Nepal — Where the Quality of Life Seems Almost Unfair
Two months living in Pokhara: what it costs, how it feels, and why this lakeside city under the Himalayas is one of Asia’s best long-stay destinations.