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.
Kathmandu in the Monsoon: My First Himalayan Experience
Arriving in Kathmandu in July monsoon — Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, the Monkey Temple, and the Himalayas. My first Nepal trip and why I came back for three months.
Wat Ban Rai
Wat Ban Rai is located in Dan Khun Thot district of Nakhon Ratchasima province. It was built on the spirit of Luang Phor Koon, …
Angkor Wat: I Saw It Almost Alone — And Why That Will Never Happen Again
I visited Angkor Wat five times between 2005 and 2013. The first time I was almost alone at sunrise. By 2012 there were five times as many tourists. See it before it changes further.