28 Oct 2025 CHINA LIFE BLOG ARCHIVE creative nonfiction travel cultural journalism blog cultural reportage documentary travel photography human stories Independent travel writer Leica life on the road lived experiences memory and time people and places slow travel Social Photography Street Photography travel photography visual storytelling LONG LIVE BEIJING BIKINI After a series of serious articles and economic forecasts, as Virgil would say, “ paulo majora canamus ”—let us now turn to a lighter subject: a
27 Oct 2025 LIFE BLOG ARCHIVE creative nonfiction travel cultural journalism blog cultural reportage documentary travel photography human stories Independent travel writer Leica life on the road lived experiences memory and time people and places slow travel Social Photography Street Photography travel photography visual storytelling CAMBODIA 2026 Following my recent posts on Malaysia’s and Thailand’s 2026-outlook, (the “Garibaldi Talk” you can read here, and here), I’m adding my very
26 Oct 2025 LIFE BLOG ARCHIVE HOTELS & MOTELS A couple of days ago, I was reading a New York Times (link) article celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first “ motel ,” which opened in
25 Oct 2025 LIFE BLOG ARCHIVE CASABLANCA, LIGHT & RESTLENESS I’ve been returning to Morocco a few times across 25 years, but Casablanca keeps calling me back — a city that never pretends to be
24 Oct 2025 LIFE BLOG ARCHIVE THAILAND 2026 Following my recent post on Malaysia’s 2026 outlook, (the “Garibaldi Talk” you can read here), another good friend challenged me to share a similar