Michael Smith — Excerpt: From time to time during this overnight journey we passed through areas of very bright lights shining deliberately on the train. I had been warned about this before we left for Russia.
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Off the Main Road
Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: The teahouse district in Kanazawa, now a popular spot for traditional sweets and crafts, is a well-preserved historical geiko district.
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Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 1 – Moscow)
Michael Smith — Excerpt: Following the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, visiting former Eastern Bloc countries became possible, and increasingly attractive.
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The God-makers | Festive Edition
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury — Excerpt: Mum tells me that when she was little, she would sit with her knees to her chest all day, watching the God-makers at work.
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Season of Endless Blue
Jacelyn Yap — Excerpt: Whenever I’m in Japan, I’m drawn to the rivers and longkangs (a colloquial term in Singapore/Malaysia for street drains).