Restoration

Tachilek is forever etched in my mind.  It is a Shan State border town in Burma (Myanmar) that sites on...

Until very recently, I always disliked tourist-oriented vendors.  After experiencing Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, August (middle of the rainy season),...

Harry Chapin once sang a song talking about how all life was a circle.  Just when you got to the...

One of the things one quickly discovers in Asia is that the price is never the price.  Even when it...

When I am in Singapore, the three major rooms, living, master bedroom, and guest bedroom, all have full glass walls...

I enjoy casual Fridays.  The opportunity to step outside of the corporate uniform, apply personal preferences, and have variety is...

I never got his name.  I had climbed into a taxi for the short ride from Suntec to Mount Sophia. ...

I thought I understood the alternative forms of driving.  After all, I grew up learning to drive in India, sharpened...

I have always thought Singapore was and is hot.  More than thought, I believed with every fiber of my being. ...

As I settle into my fifth decade, I look at individuals in his/her thirties differently than when I was that...