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Adventures in Backpackistan!
Off the Eaten Path: A Culinary Tour of Korea (Part One)
At first, I thought it was dead. At least in most corners of the globe, this is what you assume when something is placed before you on a platter and you are handed metal chopsticks. But this was not ‘most corners of the globe;’...
China
Silk Road Ramblings: Lost Empires, Gobi Fugitives, and The Secret Meth Habit of Marco Polo
I have conquered the Silk Road. I’ve hid from Chinese guards in the starlit dunes of the Gobi. I’ve visited mud-thatched villages and seen old Uighur men as hairy as camels shriek in wonder and delight as they passed around a p...
China
Wednesday Wanderings: Uighur Food of the Kashgar Night Market
If you’ve never woken up in the middle of the night to the sound of your own screams after suffering traumatic, reoccurring dreams the revolve around mutton fat, then you haven’t spent too much time in the Xinjiang province of ...
Backpackology 101
Everything You Never Knew You Didn’t Want to Know About Traveler’s Diarrhea
After three months of dread-filled anticipation, it was in Kannur, India, at the ironically named “Hotel Happiness,” that I finally got what was coming to me. The first wave of nausea ripped me awake at about 2:45AM, and within...
Adventures in Backpackistan!
The 1,000 Year Old Egg (and the Three Penis Wine)
I’ve still got a few more Pakistan misadventures to come, but in the meantime, here’s a quick update from the Silk Road of Xinjiang. ********** Grocery shopping with a Chinese local is a bit like doing mushrooms for the first t...
Adventures in Backpackistan!
Inhaling India (A Diarrhea Adventure): A Foodie’s Guide to India on a Budget
“If you take the foods of the world on one side and the foods of India on another, our pile would easily tip the scales.” –Rocky Singh ************************* You might think you know Indian food. You might frequent a few Ind...
Adventure
A Hyderabad Idea, Part Two: Paradise on My Plate
This is the second half of the two-part story, “A Hyderabad Idea.” To read the first half of the story, click here. ***************** Black columns of smoke curled over the old city of Hyderabad, mingling in heat wi...
Adventures in Backpackistan!
A Hyderabad Idea, Part One: A 500 Mile Foodie Pilgrimage By Train
At five in the morning I sprinted through the Madurai Train Station, hop-scotching over sleeping bodies in tattered clothes and weaving between mustachioed luggage porters balancing suitcases on their heads. The loud speaker cr...
Adventures in Backpackistan!
‘Have You Eaten?’: An Angry Foodie’s Portrait of Burma
It’s likely that you’ve never tried Burmese food, or even seen a Burmese restaurant. There’s a reason for this. Wedged between the three culinary giants China, India, and Thailand, you might expect the cuisine of Burma to be ro...
Adventures in Backpackistan!
The Wrong Pancake
For this week, I intended on writing a story about terrifying street-food in Rangoon… but then I arrived in the mountain village of Kalaw, and suffered an incident so absurd that I couldn’t resist sharing my tale immediately. T...
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Off the Eaten Path: A Culinary Tour of Korea (Part One)
